22902367 - Pedagogy and didactics of music

The course offers the student an analysis of the double pedagogical-didactic status of Music Education in Pre-primary and Primary School.


With the study of Pedagogy and Didactics of Music the student will be able to achieve the following training objectives
In terms of knowledge and understanding:
- to define and to identify the epistemological and methodological field of the discipline;
- to know the theory of musical education in the national and international context.
In terms of applying knowledge and understanding:
- to analyze the best educational practices of the School with reference to consolidated pedagogical methods;
- To identify educational phenomena and processes.
In terms of making judgements:
- to connect pedagogical theory to school situations and contexts;
- to evaluate pedagogical innovations.
In terms of communication skills:
- to use strategies of human relationships in the classroom and outside the classroom;
- to develop competence in the design and organization of pedagogical thinking and educational action in music.
In terms of learning skills:
- to encourage scientific research in School context;
- to understand the educational challenge by identifying problems and proposing solutions in the perspective of lifelong musical learning.

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Programme


The aim of the course is to provide the students with basic methodologies and knowledge in the field of Pedagogy and Didactics of Music. The course programme is divided in two parts: the first is devoted to the fundamentals of music theory (acoustics, notation, musical forms, etc.), to a survey of musical history connected with listening and analysis of exemplary works of both written art music and non-written traditions; to Raymond Murray Schafer's pedagogy of music; the second part is focused on the following topic: Dance as expression of feelings: P. I. Cajkovskij’s Three great Ballets.






Core Documentation

The examination textbooks are the following: O KAROLYI, Grammatica della musica, Torino, Einaudi, 1967 and reprinted versions; A Survey of history of Western music, in Musica, Le Garzantine, Milano, Garzanti 1996 and updated editions, pp. 1009-1042; R. Murray Schafer, Educazione al suono, Milano, Ricordi, 1998;J. Warrack, Ciajkovskij. I balletti, Milano, Rugginenti-Volontè, 1994-2015. For the performance: for the Swan Lakeil to the edition Fonteyn-Nureyev https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrODO0RfEtM; for the Sleeping Beauty to the edition Vishneva-Bolle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkAHSXki4eI ; for The Nutcracker to the editon Nureyev-Park https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3MfkuJSY6Iper.






Type of delivery of the course

The course includes lectures in which the presentation of the contents is exemplified through listening, videos and written practical exercises.

Attendance

Class attendance is not mandatory.

Type of evaluation

The assessment is based on a written test on the Course programme to be performed in 30 minutes.

teacher profile | teaching materials

Programme


The aim of the course is to provide the students with basic methodologies and knowledge in the field of Pedagogy and Didactics of Music. The course programme is divided in two parts: the first is devoted to the fundamentals of music theory (acoustics, notation, musical forms, etc.), to a survey of musical history connected with listening and analysis of exemplary works of both written art music and non-written traditions; to Raymond Murray Schafer's pedagogy of music; the second part is focused on the following topic: Dance as expression of feelings: P. I. Cajkovskij’s Three great Ballets.






Core Documentation

The examination textbooks are the following: O KAROLYI, Grammatica della musica, Torino, Einaudi, 1967 and reprinted versions; A Survey of history of Western music, in Musica, Le Garzantine, Milano, Garzanti 1996 and updated editions, pp. 1009-1042; R. Murray Schafer, Educazione al suono, Milano, Ricordi, 1998;J. Warrack, Ciajkovskij. I balletti, Milano, Rugginenti-Volontè, 1994-2015. For the performance: for the Swan Lakeil to the edition Fonteyn-Nureyev https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrODO0RfEtM; for the Sleeping Beauty to the edition Vishneva-Bolle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkAHSXki4eI ; for The Nutcracker to the editon Nureyev-Park https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3MfkuJSY6Iper.






Type of delivery of the course

The course includes lectures in which the presentation of the contents is exemplified through listening, videos and written practical exercises.

Attendance

Class attendance is not mandatory.

Type of evaluation

The assessment is based on a written test on the Course programme to be performed in 30 minutes.