MUSI 140 - Music In The Elementary Classroom

3 Credit Hours

This course has two primary concerns: to teach an art, and the art of teaching. Therefore, the course material, designed for the elementary education major, the music education major, and the teacher in service, addresses these concerns. Emphasis is on the basic properties of music such as pitch and intervals, rhythm and meter, music notation, and terminology. Other material is designed to provide insight into the ways children learn at each stage of their development. Finally, specific values, skills and techniques, and teaching materials are applied to bring about children’s effective, intellectual, and physical responsiveness to the art of music.

KRSN Number MUS2010