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Psychology of Music Teaching & Learning (437-0-1)

Instructors

Steven Morrison

Meeting Info

RCMA 1-172: Tues 2:00PM - 4:50PM

Overview of class

This course is about the things that make people musical and the ways those things are learned and taught. Particular attention will be given to the acquisition and development of music skills, to music teaching processes, and how music learning may be mediated by formal and informal contexts. The course will utilize a seminar format in which students will explore and discuss current research and applications to teaching and learning practice.

Registration Requirements

Basic familiarity with music notation required. Appropriate for graduate students in any area of music interested in or engaged with music teaching. Graduate students outside music are welcome.

Class Materials (Required)

Psychology for Musicians (Woody), Oxford University Press, 2nd ed. 2021. ISBN 9780197546604
$23-125