Course - Developing Music Pedagogical Practice - MGLU4216
Developing Music Pedagogical Practice
Assessments and mandatory activities may be changed until September 20th.
About
About the course
Course content
This course offers an in-depth exploration of the field of music pedagogy, enabling participants to develop their own pedagogical practices. It is grounded in a diversity of music pedagogical approaches and invites participants to investigate their individual perspectives and collective experiences through engaging with both dominant and more marginalised music education concepts and ideas, locally and globally. Critical thinking, exploration, and equity are central concepts in the course, fostering insight into personal and collective experiences and supporting the development of an individual music education toolkit.
This includes approaches that are norm-challenging, tradition-oriented, historically grounded, and culturally specific in how music is learned, taught, used, and explored. The course explores ways of understanding and creating with sound and music, drawing on majority, minority, and Indigenous practices, with technology integrated as a natural component. Participants gain insight into the philosophical directions and practices that have shaped music education both locally and globally, and are encouraged to deepen and develop their own practices for a meaningful future in music education.
Learning outcome
Knowledge
Upon completion of the course, the student is expected to:
- Have advanced knowledge of how philosophical, artistic, and music education practices and theories shape experiences and ways of thinking
- Understand dynamics of dominance and marginalization in music education as a disciplinary, research, and professional field
- Know strategies for continuous development of music education practices and thinking
- Have in-depth knowledge of diverse music teaching practices and their contexts
Skills
Upon completion of the course, the student is expected to:
- Independently develop music education concepts and ideas based on personal and collective resources
- Analyze and critically discuss research and practice in music didactics
- Critically evaluate and adapt own music education practice
- Reflect independently on ideas about music teaching and learning
- Apply music education concepts with emphasis on equity, exploration, and critical thinking
General Competence
Upon completion of the course, the student is expected to:
- Assess relationships between philosophical and practical concepts in music education
- Demonstrate insight into the development of music as a school subject and apply this critically
- Understand how music education experiences are shaped collectively and develop continuously
- Relate music education practices to other school subjects
Learning methods and activities
The learning activities in the course are both practical and theoretical, and include music-making, performance of sound/music/dance, as well as critical thinking, reading, and writing. Course activities consist of workshops, lectures, individual and group assignments, and a live production/performance.
We strive to create a learning environment adapted to the needs of all our students, while recognising that there may be situations where students with disabilities or special needs require specific, individual accommodations (Universities and University Colleges Act § 10-5). We encourage you to contact the course coordinator to discuss how we can meet your learning needs, and if necessary, contact the program’s student advisor (email: studier@ilu.ntnu.no) to apply for individual arrangements for studies and examinations.
Compulsory assignments
- Required coursework 1
- Required coursework 2
- Required coursework 3
- Required coursework 4
Further on evaluation
(the information may be changed until June 15th)
Mandatory work:
There are 4 mandatory activities, called work requirements, of different formats.
In relation to joint academic subjects, students may be given assessments, work requirements, and attendance demands.
The exam is an individually graded exam portfolio consisting of 3 mandatory work requirements, which must be further developed into exam contributions. The exam portfolio is to be submitted and assessed in its entirety, with a pass/fail grade. I addition to the completed work requirements, an additional text is added to the portfolio, which discusses how they fit into the context of the current syllabus, both commonly and individually. and which describes the student's personal didactic toolbox.
Mandatory activities must be approved before being permitted take the exam.
Specific conditions
Admission to a programme of study is required:
Primary and Lower Secondary Teacher Education for Years 1-7 (MGLU1-7) - some programmes
Primary and Lower Secondary Teacher Education for Years 5-10 (MGLU5-10) - some programmes
Recommended previous knowledge
Elementary teacher education, first three years, with music as a subject.
Subject areas
- Teacher Education
- Music Pedagogy Subjects