Program Overview

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Introduction to EDMU299 - Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in Music Education 1

EDMU299 is a unit designed for intending secondary Music teachers, focusing on the development of knowledge, understanding, and skills necessary for teaching Music at a junior secondary level. The unit aims to promote the development of pedagogical content knowledge, enabling pre-service teachers to plan lessons that enhance student learning and engagement.

Unit Rationale, Description, and Aim

The unit rationale is based on the need for pre-service teachers to understand the junior secondary curriculum in Music education. The description outlines the unit's focus on curriculum frameworks, theoretical frameworks associated with teaching and learning in Music education, and evidence-based approaches to planning for effective teaching and learning. The aim of the unit is for pre-service teachers to become familiar with the knowledge, understanding, and skills necessary for teaching Music at a junior secondary level.

Learning Outcomes

The learning outcomes for EDMU299 include:

• Describing the junior secondary Music curriculum, including knowledge and skills required of students, theories informing the curriculum, and ways of teaching the curriculum.
• Explaining how students learn in Music, together with a range of appropriate approaches to planning and delivering engaging and purposeful teaching/learning activities.
• Critiquing personal knowledge and understanding of the concepts, substance, and structure of Music curriculum to develop a plan for personal learning.
• Planning and devising a learning program in junior secondary Music education that builds on the learning strengths and supports the learning needs of students with diverse backgrounds.
• Describing assessment strategies to assess and improve student learning, including the provision of feedback to students about their learning.

Unit Content

The unit content includes:

• Music in the Australian curriculum context and State and Territory syllabus and curriculum documents.
• General capabilities and cross-curriculum priorities.
• Theoretical frameworks associated with Music teaching and learning.
• Pedagogical approaches emblematic of Music teaching and learning.
• Planning and curriculum alignment.
• Planning for effective teaching and learning in junior Music education.
• Differentiated teaching in Music.
• Needs of learners from diverse cognitive, physical, social, and cultural backgrounds.
• Incorporating literacy and numeracy in Music teaching.
• Digital technologies for teaching/learning in Music education.

Assessment Strategy and Rationale

The assessment tasks are designed to allow pre-service teachers to demonstrate achievement against the course learning outcomes. The tasks include:

• Assessment Task 1: Lesson Planning, where pre-service teachers develop three sequential lesson plans that demonstrate the integration of curriculum, pedagogical, and assessment principles and strategies relevant to the teaching of Music.
• Assessment Task 2, which offers two options: a microteaching portfolio or a skills audit and professional learning plan.

Learning and Teaching Strategy and Rationale

The unit applies a social constructivist approach to develop pre-service teachers' understanding of planning and assessment and skills in applying effective pedagogies. Teaching and learning strategies include weekly face-to-face lectures and/or online lectures, hands-on tutorials and discussions, microteaching opportunities, self-directed reading and research, and collaborative learning opportunities.

Representative Texts and References

Required texts include relevant State and Territory curriculum and syllabus documents, such as the Australian Capital Territory Senior Secondary, New South Wales K 10 Syllabuses, and The Victorian Curriculum F-10.

Locations and Credit Points

The unit is offered online and is worth 10 credit points.

Australian Professional Standards for Teachers - Graduate Level

The unit is connected to the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers - Graduate Level, with pre-service teachers developing knowledge and understanding of physical, social, and intellectual development and characteristics of students, and demonstrating knowledge of teaching strategies that are responsive to the learning strengths and needs of students from diverse linguistic, cultural, religious, and socioeconomic backgrounds.