Piano Pedagogy III (315-3-1)
Instructors
Lam Wong
Meeting Info
RCMA 3-131: Tues 12:00PM - 1:50PM
Overview of class
This course is part of a full-year sequence designed to enhance your lesson planning and teaching effectiveness. This quarter focuses on teaching approaches, strategies, and materials for adult beginners and group learning settings. Topics include managing a successful private studio, conducting evaluations and assessments, business practices, participation in professional organizations, and the latest research in piano pedagogy.
Registration Requirements
Students must be undergraduate music majors who have completed their core curriculum. Please contact the instructor (lam.wong@northwestern.edu) to receive recommendations on registering for the course.
Learning Objectives
Evaluate adult method books and teaching materials for both private study and group classes; Gain hands-on experience in both group and private teaching settings; Explore strategies for establishing and managing an independent piano studio; Examine approaches to student evaluations and assessments; Understand the role and implementation of standardized testing in piano education; Explore the history of piano pedagogy and its connection to current research.
Teaching Method
Attendance and participation in Tuesday seminars are required, in addition to assigned observation and teaching duties.
Evaluation Method
Students will be evaluated for their success in assisting and teaching in assigned children's lessons, assigned projects and observations, contributions to seminar discussions, and a final project.
Class Materials (Required)
None.
Class Materials (Suggested)
1. Faber Adult Piano Adventures
2. Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course
3. Alfred's Piano 101
4. The Adult Piano Method Play By Choice
5. Keith Snell Paino Course for the Adult Beginner
6. MTNA: Resources, Webinars, and Presentations