Course Description
Course introduces teaching music in a multiethnic American society. Students will interact with diverse music while developing understanding for music teaching and cultural awareness. This course is suitable for all music teachers.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students will be required to present longer and more sophisticated creative projects, analyses, and reading reviews while also assuming an active and developmental role in the weekly discussions.
Athena Title
World Music Pedagogy
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in MUSI 4550E or MUSI 6550E
Undergraduate Prerequisite
Permission of department
Graduate Prerequisite
Permission of department
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
- Students will explore of issues of multicultural education theories and practices in a variety of teaching contexts.
- Students will expand their musical perception, understanding, and analysis tools through active listening of non-Western musics.
- Students will develop an increased awareness of the interaction of music with its social and cultural contexts.
- Students will develop knowledge of teaching and learning world music by creating and implementing lesson (teaching) plans that incorporate a diverse selection of musics and objectives.
Topical Outline
- Teaching & learning world music in context
- Attentive listening to develop cultural awareness
- “Participatory Musicking” with engaged and enactive listening
- Performing world music
- Creating world music
- Integrating world music
- Overcoming challenges and possible outcomes
- Final Project: Music Culture Curricular Unit
