Summer Course Information
Summer 2023 Graduate Courses
Music Education
July 3-14, 2023
9784: Kodály Level I
9785: Kodály Level II
Instructors: Kim Eyre - Instructor (Pedagogy and Music Materials); Eila Peterson - Instructor (Musicianship); Laurel Forshaw - Instructor (Conducting & Ensemble)
Time: Mondays-Fridays 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
In this two-week intensive program, participants will strengthen their personal musicianship and pedagogical skills, with content grounded in a contemporary understanding of the philosophy inspired by Zoltán Kodály. Participants will engage in supportive musically educative opportunities through singing, reading, writing, moving and creating to build personal skills and knowledge to assist in classroom music teaching and learning. Level I is appropriate for experienced teachers, emerging teachers and graduate students. Level II builds on the learning in Level I and is open to those who have successfully completed a KSC or OAKE certified Kodály Level I course. (The Kodály Society of Canada will certify candidates who successfully complete Level III, which will not be offered until summer 2024).
July 17-31, 2023
9582: Special Topics in Music Education: Theories of Learning and Pedagogy
Instructor: Dr. Betty Anne Younker
Time: Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays 10:00 am-2:00pm
Location: TC 307
Theories of Learning and Pedagogy is a course designed to think and write about, and discuss the theories of music learning and pedagogy, reflecting on the values of educative environments, and how to implement theoretical constructs into practice. The course is designed to: (a) reflect on how we learn and the related pedagogical viewpoints about learning and teaching music; (b) implement the various viewpoints into one’s practice, and (c) critically examine and discuss issues facing the profession today.
