Teaching secondary music

This free course, Teaching secondary music, will identify and explore some of the key issues around teaching music in secondary schools. Through coming to understand these issues and debates, you will reflect on and develop your practice as a music teacher and develop a greater awareness of the wider context of music education and how this affects music in the secondary school curriculum.

• Introduction
• Learning outcomes
• 1 What is musical learning?
• 1 What is musical learning?
• 1.1 What is learning?
• 1.2 What is musical teaching and learning?
• 2 What is there to learn in music?
• 2 What is there to learn in music?
• 2.1 Philpott/Reid’s typologies of musical knowledge
• Knowledge of music
• 2.2 Applying the knowledge types
• 3 Where do music teaching and learning take place?
• 3 Where do music teaching and learning take place?
• 3.1 Formal learning and pedagogies
• 3.2 Non-formal settings and pedagogies
• 3.3 Informal settings and pedagogies
• 3.4 Informal learning in the classroom
• 4 What is a musical music lesson?
• 4 What is a musical music lesson?
• Characteristic 1: Musical music lessons adopt an integrated and holistic approach
• Characteristic 2: Learning objectives/outcomes must be musical
• Characteristic 3: The lesson is a musical experience
• Characteristic 4: Opportunities for young people to be and to act creatively
• Characteristic 5: Experience different musical practices
• Conclusion
• References
• Acknowledgements