Contemporary Issues in Music Education
course outline (assignments, schedule, readings)
Assignments
- article presentation exemplar: Beynon article presentation
- teacher interview
- topic-of-interest seminar exemplar: Student-centred learning seminar
Class Schedule & Readings
- Jan. 4 Beynon (personhood)
- Jan. 6 Dolloff (identity)
- Jan. 11 Hanley, *Scruggs (constructivism)
- Jan. 13 *Brown (student-centred) (Alicia and Moriah)
- Jan. 18 *Countryman & Stewart Rose (social justice)
- Jan. 20 *Allsup & Shieh 2012 (social justice) (Chantel and Tina)
- Jan. 25 *Standerfer (differentiation) *Melago (ADD) (Monica and Ange)
- Jan. 27 *Abramo (twice exceptional)
- Feb. 1 O’Neill (technology)
- Feb. 3 *Drummond (copyright) (Tiffany) *Albert (social media) (Owen and Sydney) copyright matters (an overview of Canadian copyright guidelines)
- Feb. 8 Schippers 2010 (global music)
- Feb. 10 *Holmes (international mindedness) (Olivia and Gillian)
- Feb. 22 Green (informal music learning)
- Feb. 24 *Allsup 2011 (pop) (Ryan and Mel), *Williams (beyond large ensembles)
- Feb. 29 *Curtis (music and the brain)
- Mar. 2 *Walter, *Hodges (music and the brain)
- Mar. 7 Teacher Interviews due! Schafer (conditions of learning) seminar: Tina (technology)
- Mar. 9 *Hendricks (safe spaces) (Tiffany and Daphne)
- Mar. 14 seminar: Olivia & Sydney (Gender and Music Education)
- Mar. 16 NO CLASS!
- Mar. 21 seminar: Ryan (teacher burnout); Owen (Jazz and Improv)
- Mar. 23 seminar: Mel (Social Justice), Monica (TBA)
- Mar. 28 seminar: NO CLASS!
- Mar. 30 (last class) seminar: Ange (lifelong music learning), Alicia (student recruitment)
- Apr. 4 seminar responses due (by email)