Music and Music Teaching 4

The course comprises three modules. The course content prepares students for school-based placements within the subject area. Module 1: Instrument, 3.5 ECTS cr. \- playing the main instrument, both in individual instrumental lessons and in ensemble settings, and \- strategies for musical study and practice. Module 2: Instrument continuation, 1 ECTS cr. \- practical, interpretative exercises and group reflections where rhythm is used as a method to integrate different areas of practice, such as meter, dance/movement, voice, and drama, into a holistic perspective on music learning. Module 3: Music education, 3 ECTS cr. \- descriptions, analyses, and discussions on planning, assessment, and evaluation models, as well as general subject-specific issues in music education, \- practical applications, analyses, critical reflections, and discussions of their own and other people's music teaching, \- instrumental methodology seminars with selected themes, \- in-depth methodological aspects based on the chosen approach for each main instrument, \- supervised teaching practice on the main instrument within compulsory or elective school activities, and \- reflections on completed supervised teaching practice.