Music Education Final Project

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• conduct research and observations to critically evaluate on methods and strategies in music education
• demonstrate appropriate analysis, evaluation, synthesis and criticality on a focussed topic within education.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Present and articulate independent findings in a coherent, well-structured, and sustained manner within an allocated time and word limit and with the use of appropriate technologies.
• construct clear, detailed and logical line of reasoning and relate it to the global context.

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• understand the methods and challenges of music education and critically reflect how they can be applied to your own teaching
• the historical and contemporary developments in music education and be able to relate them to social and cultural context

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• apply critical judgement to advance your research and educational skills
• recognise and be able to address special needs and learning differences in students from a variety of contexts, backgrounds and age groups
• communicate your ideas clearly and effectively to a range of students of music

On this module you will put into practice the research and analytical skills that you have learned on the programme. Through group tutorials and and independent study, you will engage with the Final Project research process: • identify an issue relating to music education • develop an appropriate research design • undertake independent research • analyse your findings with reference to relevant theoretical perspectives • present your research in an appropriate way The Music Education Project is the final stage of the MMus in Education, completing work started in the Preparation for Final Project module. Most of this work takes place over the summer, and should be largely independent; you should, however, meet with your supervisor/s over the summer for supervision or exchange drafts and comments via emails. You may submit a complete draft of your work to the supervisor for comments, by a date mutually agreed with the supervisor/s. Supervisors’ comments will primarily address questions of organisation, emphasis and argument. In addition, supervisor/s may supply detailed commentary on prose style for a short section of the draft to act as a model for prose revision in the remainder of the work. (Supervisor/s will not, however, edit prose style for the entire dissertation, principal responsibility for which remains with you.)

Teaching methods include • observations • group tutorials/supervisions • exchange of draft materials with supervisor for feedback Learning activities include • independent study and writing • peer group learning • group discussions • independent research

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.