Unit METHODOLOGY OF EDUCATION MUSICAL
- Course
- Primary teacher education
- Study-unit Code
- A000647
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- CFU
- 9
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2019
- Offered
- 2023/24
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa integrata
LABORATORY FOR TEACHING OF MUSIC
| Code | A000649 |
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| CFU | 1 |
| Teacher | Paolo Brancaleoni |
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| Hours |
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| Learning activities | Caratterizzante |
| Area | Musicologia e storia della musica |
| Academic discipline | L-ART/07 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
METHODOLOGY OF EDUCATION MUSICAL
| Code | A000648 |
|---|---|
| CFU | 8 |
| Teacher | Maria Cristina Luchetti |
| Teachers |
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| Hours |
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| Learning activities | Caratterizzante |
| Area | Musicologia e storia della musica |
| Academic discipline | L-ART/07 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
| Language of instruction | Italian |
| Contents | During the lessons, students will have the possibility to learn about music’s potentials, the different teaching methodologies which developed over the years, the recent neuroscience studies which highlighted the effects of music on our brain, the experience of prenatal listening of the fetus and the normative which led to the introduction of music as an actual subject in schools. To be expected: frontal lessons; video projections; analysis of documents; group projects; practical activities for the memorization of songs; body percussion tracks; dance performances; usage of softwares for the interactive multimedia board; guided tours to the resources present on our territory. |
| Reference texts | Dispensa “Metodologia dell’educazione Musicale – attività”, M. C. Luchetti (disponibile su Unistudium insieme alle tracce musicali). The Oxford Handbook of Music Education 1, G. E. McPherson – G. F. Welch, 2012 |
| Educational objectives | The teaching plan includes development of specific competences in the musical field. · being able to plan teaching paths that will also answer to complex needs according to the National Indications for the first school cycle regarding musical education; · learning about fundamental concepts and techniques of the music culture to organize programs which are flexible and aligned to the children’s educational needs; · understanding the main models of education in the musical field to plan and create coherent didactic measures to the competences which are to be achieved and to the specifics of the class group that the activities are presented to; · mastering different communication codes; · utilizing technology in the musical field to optimize one’s work. |
| Prerequisites | A good general knowledge is required, especially regarding the pedagogical field (mental and physical development of the infant and importance of games) and social-emotional education. |
| Teaching methods | Frontal lessons in the classroom, practical exercises, group works, didactic tours, usage of softwares for the multimedia interactive board. |
| Other information | In case the student requests to anticipate the exam to a year earlier than planned in the studying programme, it is recommended to attend the lessons’ cycle and to take the exam in the first session available after said lessons have terminated, therefore following the teaching’s programmation semester. |
| Learning verification modality | Planning of two Learning Units (Format used in University also referring to UdLs) of a musical teaching path in kindergarten and primary school which will have to be turned in at least a week before the exam session date. This test is created to verify: the ability to correctly apply theoretical knowledges in a project inherent to music teaching; the ability to communicate what was learned with method and accuracy both considering form and care of the final paper (insertion of images, examples.); the ability to rephrase what was learned in a personal and critic way and the overall originality of the journey; the ability to highlight interconnections between the themes which were the object of studying. Multiple choice test with 3 answer options (duration of 1 hour) The goal of this test is to verify the knowledge level and the comprehension ability reached by the student in regards to the theoretical and methodological contents indicated in the programme. The same value will be attributed to all of the answers. |
| Extended program | The soundscape: the sounds and noises that surround us. Exercises and listening games. Discrimination and classification of sounds and noises. Informal scores and group works: sonorizing stories. The 1985 programmes: Education to sound and music. Orientations of the educational activity in the 1991 kindergarten. 2012 curriculum National Indications for kindergarten and Primary School and of the First Teaching Cycle. The 2010 Musica 2020 Project and the Ministerial Decree n. 8 of the 31st of January 2011. The “Piano delle Arti”, Ministerial Decree n. 764 of the 14th of August 2019. The effects of music on the brain. The listening in the fetus’ prenatal experience. The auditory apparatus: to listen - to hear. Listening. Methodologies: E. Willems – A. Tomatis – E. E. Gordon. The vocal apparatus and respiration. Usage of the voice for talking and singing. Singing tracks correlated with gesticulation, rhythm and movement of the body. Spontaneous or refined expressive modes (screaming, crying.); vocal games to mimic the sounds and noises of nature, of musical instruments and of other objects. The voice and singing. Methodologies: Z. Kodàly – R. Goitre. The strumental technique. Methodologies: C. Orff – G. Piazza. Classification of the main instruments used in school. Building instruments using recycled material. Acoustic elements: characteristics of sounds. Intensity (piano – forte – crescendo.); highness (acute – low); duration (half-short, minimum, semi-minimum.) and timbre. Silence. Bodily expression. Methodologies: E. J. Dalcroze – Laura Bassi. Music and emotions. Creating music sheets using music programmes online. The sounds of the body and the “Let’s play on it” technique: body percussion The importance of games in the teaching action: F. Delalande e J. Piaget. The white hands chorus: translating some lyrics into LIS (Italian Sign Language) The various music genres: Music and its interdisciplinarity:. Viewing films related to musical education. |