Course Description
Students will critically evaluate their own teaching sessions and implement research-based pedagogical strategies to increase their teaching effectiveness.
Athena Title
Music Ed Pedagogy
Non-Traditional Format
This course will be taught 95% or more online.
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, you will: 1. Write and speak more clearly and concisely. Give more specific, effective, concise instructions, directives, and feedback. 2. Discuss the fundamental principles of learning and their application to learning. 3. Design effective learning sequences focused on the individual learner's development of fundamental skills and thinking. 4. Create learning experiences that effectively and positively change student thinking, behavior, and performance. 5. Systematically analyze the effectiveness of your own teaching, and set goals for improvement that are evident through student success. 6. Contribute thoughtful inferences and comments about the effectiveness of your own teaching and other classmates.
Topical Outline
Precision in Language and Thoughts Listening What to Teach Assessment Fostering Student Independence Sequencing Instruction Feedback Transfer Effecting Change Curriculum Objectives Comprehensive Teaching
Syllabus