DATE

CLASS CONTENT

ASSIGNMENT DUE IN CLASS

Week 1

Course introduction : Practicum Experience; gather student information regarding field-experience site

Developing observation skills and writing thick descriptions

Read: Mateer

Week 2

OBSERVE at an ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Non-music class observation)

Non-verbal communication: Tracking student and teacher behaviors

Share observation form to be used as a basis for thick description;

Read: Hughes

Week 3

Defining teacher competencies;

Written assignment: thick description from observation;

Read: Taebel (2 articles)

Observing indicators of teacher competencies;

Share observation form to be used as a basis for tracking teacher and student non-verbal communication

Week 4

OBSERVE at a SECONDARY SCHOOL

(non-music class/technology)

Discuss observations

Read: Bassin; Schlacks

Week 5

Planning instruction: lesson planning, goals and objectives, National Standards for Arts Education

Read: Beery; DeFrece

Music field-based experience begins!

Driver's test at motor pool/insurance forms; contact cooperating teacher; procure directions to school

Planning instruction: Sequencing, determining musical concepts, assessment

Written assignment: goals & objectives

Week 6

Planning instruction: Questioning

Read: Kassner (2 articles)

Planning instruction: Types of Thinking (critical, creative, higher-order)

Read: Webster & Richardson; Haines; Graham

Week 7

Planning instruction: National Standards, Building a comprehensive curriculum

Model lesson (recreating another teacher's lesson plan)

Written assignment: lesson plan segment draft due

Week 8

Approaches to Reading

Read: Whitaker; journals due

Making the connection: Reading music and literature

SPRING BREAK: ENJOY!

Week 9

Teach plan

Teach plan

Week 10

Teach plan

Teach plan

Week 11

Teaching Exceptional Learners

Read: Gfeller; Richardson; Humpal & Dimmick

Classroom Management: Dealing with challenging students-what's the problem?

Read: McDaniel; Kaplan, et al.

Week 12

Classroom Management: Behavior modification (praise and other management strategies)

Read: Bartholomew and Buck;

Written assignment: Challenging student analysis to editor

Classroom Management

Return analysis to author

Week 13

Teaching Music: The image of music education

Read: Leonard; Ball;

Written assignment: Final copy of challenging student analysis

Teaching Music: Current philosophies in music education-implications for planning and teaching

Read: Costa-Giomi, et al.

Week 14

Philosophy in Action: Stating and defending your philosophy (role play)

Synthesis and course evaluation

Two copies of philosophy statement

Final journal, transportation log, field-experience hours record due

(NO FINAL EXAM)