FOUNDATIONS FOR MUS ED A & MUS ED 1A

 OVERVIEW FOR 2008

1.     WHAT YOU NEED

2.    ASSESSMENT

 2.1    Semester Work = 70%

     Written assignments

          Practical evaluation

     Multiple choice tests based on lectures and readings

 2.2    Written Exam in June = 30%

STUDY PROGRAMME

WK

DATE

MON & FRI DOUBLE PERIOD

WED & THURS SINGLE PERIOD

1

M2/11 F2/15

Intro to Module – Questionnaire – ‘Tonic Solfa’ & Curwen/Kodaly Handsigns – Defining ‘Education’ – Mind mapping – Why reading is key to cognitive development

2

M2/18 F2/22

Singing with handsigns – modulation/transition – modes – pentatonic – How to develop relative pitch sense – Pentatonics (Major and minor) – Two-part singing – Partner songs

3

M2/25  F2/29

Intro to Eurhythmics – some basic eurhythmic activities –  More Kodaly techniques – rhythm names – stem notation

Fundamentals of Education – Intro to OBE – Overarching outcomes – Self-actualisation & attributes of maturity according to developmental theories – cognitive, psycho-social, emotional, moral, psychomotor

4

M3/3  F3/7

EURHYTHMIC WORKSHOP and work with Kodaly techniques

Continuation of above including – Bloom, Krathwohl & Simpson taxonomies – Theory of Multiple Intelligences – Principles of Education

5

M3/10 F3/14

EURHYTHMIC WORKSHOP and work with Kodaly techniques

Inductive Teaching and Learning Methods

 
6

M3/17

W3/19

EURHYTHMIC WORKSHOP and work with Kodaly techniques

 EVERYONE ATTEND WEDNESDAY LECTURE (10h30)

NB: No lecture Thursday or Friday (Beginning of Easter break) EVERYONE ATTEND WEDNESDAY LECTURE (10h30)

Multiple choice test on readings and lectures to date.

Submission of mind map on 'eurhythmics'
 

TH3/20 F3/28

 EASTER BREAK
7 M3/31  F4/4 

Making and notating rhythmic GROOVES

RECORDER

8

M4/7

F4/111

Developing groove-based compositions

RECORDER

9

M4/14

F4/18

Intro to the ORFF APPROACH

RECORDER

10

M4/21

F4/25

ORFF WORKSHOP

RECORDER     

11

M4/28

F5/2

NO DOUBLE LECTURE THIS WEEK

EVERYONE ATTEND THURS LECTURE (7H45) HELD ON WED

RECORDER

WED FOLLOWS THURS TIMETABLE EVERYONE ATTEND AT 7H45
12

M5/5

F5/9

Lesson planning using Orff, Kodaly and Eurhythmic approaches

RECORDER

13

M5/12

F5/16

Preparation for Practical Exam - Recorder, handsigns, and improvisation

MULTIPLE CHOICE EXAM ON EURHYTHMICS, KODALY & ORFF

Submission of LESSON PLAN

14

M5/19

TH5/22

PRACTICAL EXAMINATION – Recorder, handsigns, and improvisation - NB: No lecture on Friday

What to expect on the Semester exam

 
 

F5/23

Th5/29

STUDY WEEK

 3.2    OUTCOMES: to be able to: