MUSIC LEARNING AND TEACHING 1
The learning and teaching of music at the elementary and middle school levels.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: MUSIC/CURRIC 300 and concurrently enrolled in MUSIC/CURRIC 337 and declared in Music: Education Course Designation: Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Discuss critical perspectives on contemporary and historical issues in music learning and teaching. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify values and meanings of music education and how they shape music learning and teaching. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Critically interrogate issues, power, identity, and difference (including, but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender, LGBTQ+ identities, class, and disability) in music education inside and outside of schools. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Design and teach lesson plans/units/projects for a variety of learners in a variety of contexts. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Develop context- and learner-specific pedagogies that foster mindful, inclusive, respectful, empathetic, relevant, responsive, and sustaining learning. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Curate and critique appropriate texts, repertoire, and other materials to support learners in and out of schools. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Use and critically examine instruments, technologies, and tools to support learning in and out of schools. Audience: Undergraduate 8. Model knowledge and skills as a reflective practitioner. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Discuss critical perspectives on contemporary and historical issues in music learning and teaching. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify values and meanings of music education and how they shape music learning and teaching. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Critically interrogate issues, power, identity, and difference (including, but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender, LGBTQ+ identities, class, and disability) in music education inside and outside of schools. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Design and teach lesson plans/units/projects for a variety of learners in a variety of contexts. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Develop context- and learner-specific pedagogies that foster mindful, inclusive, respectful, empathetic, relevant, responsive, and sustaining learning. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Curate and critique appropriate texts, repertoire, and other materials to support learners in and out of schools. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Use and critically examine instruments, technologies, and tools to support learning in and out of schools. Audience: Undergraduate 8. Model knowledge and skills as a reflective practitioner. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027
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Catalogue variants
- MUSIC LEARNING AND TEACHING 1 · 2 credits.