MUS 461 Instrumental Music Methods and Materials
Winter 2015, 9:00-9:50 am, MWF in PAC 1515
 

NOTE: Everything other than Due Dates on this page is tentative and will likely change. 

Check back for revisions.  Last revised--Feb 25, 2015


Jan 5  IN CLASS: Organizational meeting, syllabus, assignments, calendar, competencies

Jan 7  DUE: Competencies I want to work on, Sound to Symbol, FELDMAN chpt 1

Jan 9  SNOW DAY-no class


Jan 12 DUE: Reading Response, Sound to Symbol, FELDMAN chpt 1

Jan 14 Teaching Rhythm and Tonality, passing out books for peer-teaching

Jan 16 DUE: Reading Response, Teaching Rhythm, FELDMAN chpt 2


Jan 19  MLK Day, no class

Jan 21  DUE: Reading Response, Teaching Tonality, SCHLEUTER chpt 3 (online reserve)  IN CLASS: Mini-Teaching Practicum questions and signup, talk about MMC

Jan 23 MMC Day, no class


Jan 25 MMC discussion

Jan 28 How to teach beginners from the keyboard

Jan 30 Inference Learning, Teaching improvisation and creativity to beginners


Feb 2 Sound to Symbol Peer Mini-Teaching

Feb 4 Sound to Symbol Peer Mini-Teaching

Feb 6 Free Day


Feb 9 Sound to Symbol Peer Mini-Teaching, Sign up for Presentation Topics

Feb 11 Structuring a Beginning Program

Feb 13 Structuring a Beginning Program


Feb 16 Motivation and Discipline

Feb 18 Snow Day

Feb 20 Classroom Management, FELDMAN, chpt 7


Feb 23 BASIC INSTRUMENTAL TEACHING SKILLS 1

Feb 25 DUE: Reading Response, Classroom Management, FELDMAN, chpt 7

Feb 27 String Bowing Principles, GREEN and take home


Mar 9 DUE: BOWING ASSIGNMENT FELDMAN, chpt 12

Mar 11 More on the bowing assignment, FELDMAN, chpt 12, GOVIAS (online reserve)

Mar 13 BASIC INSTRUMENTAL TEACHING SKILLS 2


Mar 16 PLANNING, LONG TERM AND SHORT TERM

Mar 18 Free Day

Mar 20 Budgeting, purchase orders, etc. GUEST FROM PEPPER MUSIC


Mar 23 DUE: Reading Response, What is a significant literature and a core curriculum? FELDMAN, chpt 9

Mar 25 2 student presentations

Mar 27 Free Day


Mar 30 2 student presentations

Apr 1 MINI-TEACHING PRACTICUM MUST BE FINISHED, Curriculum Assessment and Grading - FELDMAN, chapter 8

Apr 3 2 student presentations


Apr 6 GUEST TEACHER PANEL DISCUSSION

Apr 8 2 student presentations

Apr 10 DISCUSSION WITH GUEST TEACHER, RAELEEN HORN, FROM CHICAGO


Apr 13 INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WITH STUDENTS, 8 AM TO 2 PM

Apr 15 2 student presentations, course evaluations

Apr 17  DUE: CORE CURRICULUM and UNIT PLAN, 2 student presentations


Apr 21 8:00 - 9:50 EXAM

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