Description
Writing-Intensive Course
This course will consist of an examination of the curriculum goals, instructional strategies and materials for teaching music on the secondary-level. It will explore issues pertaining to the creative arts, advocacy and policy. Students will apply critical thinking to recent research topics in the field, as well as develop quality instruction of culturally rich and musically sophisticated tasks. Students will be prepared to teach and direct choruses, instrumental ensembles and general music at the secondary level, with a high degree of research-based philosophical and pedagogical expertise.