MUED 3880 International Music Curricula

This course is designed to prepare music education students in the BA/MAT: Music Education program to use various music curricula, theories, methods and approaches from around the world in their classrooms. We will learn about the cultural, societal, and educational needs that drove the development of these ideas and apply them to planning, instructing, and assessing in the elementary music classroom. Represented music curricula include Orff-Schulwerk (Germany- early 20th century),Kodaly (Hungary- mid 20th century), Dalcroze Eurhythmics (Swiss-early 20th century), Suzuki Mother-tongue approach (Japan-mid 20th century).