Music Education Final Project

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• communicate your ideas clearly and effectively to a range of students of music
• 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

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 how they can be applied to your own teaching
• know the historical developments in music education and be able to relate them to their social context
• assess the needs and challenges of individual students and know how to best address these issues

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• produce and present a substantial, independent piece of work within an allocated time and word limit.
• present and articulate findings in a coherent, well-structured and sustained manner.
• construct clear, detailed and logical line of reasoning

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

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

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 and learning methods

Teaching methods include

• observations
• Individual tutorials/supervisions
• exchange of draft materials with supervisor for feedback

Learning activities include

• independent study and writing

Individual tutorials provide regular intensive sessions that are designed around the student's needs and demands. Independent study and writing develops the ability to make autonomous decisions about research questions and priorities, aiding the development of an original approach to the chosen project.

Resources & Reading list

General Resources

Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning. 1995

The New Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning: A Project of the Music Educators National Conference.

Master Class in Music Education: Transforming Teaching and Learning.

Textbooks

Matt O'Leary ed. (2017). Reclaiming Lesson Observation: Supporting excellence in teacher learning. Routledge.

Assessment strategy

Assessment will comprise a final project: this will entail either an extended essay on a topic related to music education or a portfolio of recorded lessons accompanied by a written commentary. You'll receive tutorial support to help you develop your writing skills and your evaluative and reflective capacities.

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.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External