Music in Lower Secondary Education

The course comprises 2 modules with the following main components: Module 1 Music, Music Teaching and Music Making 15 ECTS cr -planning, evaluating and assessing music teaching in line with current curriculum and grading scale - survey of the world's supply of music: influence, ends and means, gender and cultural and historical aspects - the multicultural role of the subject music in school - students' music consumption in the classroom - children with special needs in the music classroom - creative exercises to inspire students' music creation - the theory and practice of teaching in creative processes. Module 2 Making Music, Teaching, and Digital Tools (15 ECTS cr) -playing chord and accompanying instrument and singing - pedagogical perspectives on and methods for music making in groups - ICT in the learning process - creating music with digital tools - developing skills in using technical equipment relevant for music teaching in lower secondary education Instruction is mainly in the form of groups, lectures, and seminars