Instrumental Didactics I
Type: Compulsory (OB)
Area: Didactics of music education
ECTS: 3
Total value in hours: 90
Classroom hours: 30
Other contact hours: 10
Time for directed work (non face-to-face): 30
Hours for self-study and independent learning: 20
Department: Education and Artistic Mediation
Competences developed in the course
Cross-cutting competencies:
CT1: Organise and plan work in an efficient and motivating manner.
CT2: Gather significant information, analyse it, synthesise it and manage it appropriately.
CT3: Solve problems and make decisions that align with the objectives of the work being carried out.
CT4: Use information and communication technologies efficiently
CT6: Engage in self-criticism of one’s own professional and interpersonal practice
CT7: Use communication skills and constructive criticism in teamwork
CT8: Reason and critically develop ideas and arguments
CT9: Integrate appropriately into multidisciplinary teams and diverse cultural contexts
CT10: Lead and manage work groups
CT11: Develop in professional practice an ethical approach based on appreciation of and sensitivity towards aesthetic, environmental and diversity issues
CT13: Strive for excellence and quality in their professional practice.
CT17: Contribute through their professional practice to raising social awareness of the importance of cultural heritage, its impact across different spheres and its capacity to generate significant values.
General competencies:
CG5: To know the technological resources specific to one’s field of activity and their applications in music, preparing oneself to assimilate any innovations that may arise.
CG6: To master one or more musical instruments at a level appropriate to one’s main field of activity.
CG11: Be familiar with a broad and up-to-date repertoire, centred on one’s specialism but open to other traditions. Recognise the stylistic features that characterise this repertoire and be able to describe them clearly and comprehensively.
CG14: Be familiar with the historical development of music across its various traditions, from a critical perspective that situates the development of musical art in a social and cultural context.
CG13: Know the foundations and structure of musical language and be able to apply them in interpretative, creative, research or pedagogical practice.
CG17: Be familiar with the different musical styles and practices that allow one to understand, in a broader cultural context, one’s own field of activity and enrich it.
CG18: Communicate in written and verbal form the content and objectives of their professional activity to specialised audiences, using appropriate technical and general vocabulary.
CG19: Understand the pedagogical and educational implications of music at different levels.
CG24: Develop capacities for self-directed learning throughout their professional life.
Specific competencies:
CG5: To know the technological resources specific to one’s field of activity and their applications in music, preparing oneself to assimilate any innovations that may arise.
CG6: To master one or more musical instruments at a level appropriate to one’s main field of activity.
CG11: Be familiar with a broad and up-to-date repertoire, centred on one’s specialism but open to other traditions. Recognise the stylistic features that characterise this repertoire and be able to describe them clearly and comprehensively.
CG14: Be familiar with the historical development of music across its various traditions, from a critical perspective that situates the development of musical art in a social and cultural context.
CG13: Know the foundations and structure of musical language and be able to apply them in interpretative, creative, research or pedagogical practice.
CG17: Be familiar with the different musical styles and practices that allow one to understand, in a broader cultural context, one’s own field of activity and enrich it.
CG18: Communicate in writing and orally the content and objectives of their professional activity to specialised audiences, using appropriate technical and general vocabulary.
CG19: To understand the pedagogical and educational implications of music at different levels.
CG24: To develop the capacity for self-directed learning throughout their professional life.
Learning outcomes (general objectives)
- Select, design and implement activities for the teaching and learning of music and the materials necessary for their development.
- Adapt and apply to different pedagogical situations the didactic proposals that various methodologies and schools of thought in music education make regarding teaching and learning in this educational field.
- Demonstrate autonomy in continuing to learn and in developing the pedagogical task by selecting and preparing teaching materials with criteria appropriate to the set objectives.
- Systematically integrate and interrelate the contents of the subject, those of the various music subjects and, where applicable, those of non-music subjects.
- Broaden and complement specialist knowledge by familiarising oneself with current pedagogical trends and practices, particularly those that employ cooperative models and the creative, interdisciplinary exchange of ideas.
- Reflect on and discuss pedagogical practice in order to identify the prerequisites, interactions and various mechanisms that shape the development of the teaching role.
- To understand the specific factors relating to the teaching and learning of one’s own instrument. To know, compare and apply various didactic approaches and to develop activities that allow us to work on creativity and musical perception in the instrument lesson.
- To know and identify the elements that shape the processes of teaching and learning, and to employ strategies to foster students’ motivation and to address diversity.
- Be able to create, develop and evaluate intentional and systematic educational situations that are motivating for basic-level instrumental training students of any age and that lead to meaningful learning.
- Demonstrate a critical and well-founded judgement that enables the analysis, evaluation and improvement of various teaching and learning situations.
- Be able to transfer didactic learning from other instrumental specialities to one’s own.
Contents
Specific features of the teaching methodology for each instrument. The group instrument lesson and the individual lesson. The development of general musical abilities through instrumental practice and of expressive and communicative abilities with the instrument. The development of instrumental technique. Group music teaching. Specific didactic materials and resources. Design and implementation of diversified strategies, and the creation and adaptation of didactic materials for group and individual instrument classes. Design of strategies and the selection and development of materials for the teaching and learning of specific content at particular stages. Designing classroom activity sequences. Technological tools for learning an instrument. Creative work in the instrument lesson. Dynamics for the different moments of a lesson. Home practice and student motivation. Classroom space management. Classroom management. Peer learning. Roles in the classroom. Developing musical senses with the instrument. Creating musical accompaniments for potential repertoire to be worked on in the classroom. Preparation of teaching materials from a given resource. Analysis, evaluation and improvement of teaching and learning situations.
Teaching methodology
The teaching–learning methodology in classes involves lectures (topic presentations), discussion and colloquium sessions, group work sessions and student presentations of topics.
Assessment systems
The assessment system is continuous assessment, based on diagnostic evaluation and realised through a combination of summative assessment, self-assessment and peer assessment, which leads to the final grade. Continuous assessment is carried out through various assessment records derived from specific assessment activities such as participation and in-class work, the presentation of classwork, the completion of assignments and/or readings outside class, the submission of written work or the taking of written or oral tests.