MUSC 205 Music for Teachers (5 credits)

2. Simulate the teacher’s role in planning and leading group music times for children birth through grade 3 which incorporate designated types of songs, musical props, song-illustrations, movement activities, leadership, and presentation skills.

3. Plan developmentally appropriate movement activities for young children based on the stages of physical development and the elements and principles of dance.

4. Create and use musical instruments appropriate for the multicultural classroom for young children and identify the properties of sound inherent in each.

5. Assess the impact and benefit of music and movement experiences upon individual children with ability differences in order to plan appropriate and supportive curriculum.

6. Articulate methods of music instruction which support the culture of individual families in the program, and cultural groups within the community.

7. Create developmentally appropriate music curricular plans incorporating specific thematic, age, music, movement, and materials requirements.

8. Apply basic music knowledge, elements, and skills used in music such as melody, rhythm, harmony, texture, form, tempo, chords, tonal systems, dynamics, beat, and expression in order to plan and implement a cohesive music curriculum for young children.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome: OUTCOME 5. USING CONTENT KNOWLEDGE TO BUILD MEANINGFUL CURRICULUM Students apply their knowledge of developmental domains and academic (or content) disciplines to design, implement, and evaluate meaningful, challenging curriculum that promotes comprehensive developmental and learning outcomes for each child. Key elements of OUTCOME 5 5a: Explain content knowledge and resources in academic disciplines: language and literacy; the arts – music, creative movement, dance, drama, visual arts; mathematics; science; physical education – physical activity, health, and safety; and social studies. 5b: Recognize and apply the central concepts, inquiry tools, and structures of content areas or academic disciplines. 5c: Use their own knowledge, appropriate early learning outcomes, and other resources to design, implement, and evaluate developmentally meaningful and challenging curriculum for each child.

Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Multiculturalism: Graduates will demonstrate knowledge of diverse ideas, cultures, and experiences, and develop the ability to examine their own attitudes and assumptions in order to understand and work with others who differ from themselves.

Humanities: Graduates acquire critical skills to interpret, analyze, and evaluate forms of human expression, which can include creation and performance as an expression of human experience.

Lecture Contact Hours 40
Lab Contact Hours 20
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 60