MUSC12416 - Studio Teaching Methods 1

General Information

Unit Synopsis

In this unit, you will study the fundamental theoretical and practical aspects of effective studio teaching in music for the beginner student. You will gain knowledge and skills in a number of internationally recognised music teaching philosophies and methods including those developed by Suzuki, Orff and Kodaly. You will also gain an understanding of core principles underpinning the studio teaching business industry. This includes developing a studio teaching business plan and associated risk analysis, as well as exploring current technologies that relate to marketing and promoting a music studio teaching business.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 2
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

For entry into this unit, you must have completed 36 credit points in this course.


Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2022

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Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Written Assessment 35%
2. Written Assessment 35%
3. Practical and Written Assessment 30%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 18.18% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: Student evaluation data
Feedback
Include more examples/demonstrations of the teaching methodology being implemented into a classroom or studio setting.
Recommendation
Staff will provide more resources, practical exercises and interactive learning strategies to demonstrate the teaching methodology being implemented into a classroom or studio setting.
Action Taken
Staff updated the resources of this unit in 2023 to include practical exercises and interactive learning strategies to demonstrate the teaching methodology being implemented into a classroom or studio setting.
Source: Staff reflection
Feedback
Include practical exercises to implement teaching methodologies through zoom classes, and continue to link learning content to real world scenarios.
Recommendation
Staff will implement practical exercises for teaching different methodologies in the zoom sessions. These exercises will link learning to real world scenarios in studio teaching.
Action Taken
Staff developed practice exercises that linked learning to real world scenarios in studio teaching.
Source: Student evaluation
Feedback
Provide assessment exemplars
Recommendation
Provide student assessment exemplars in class to develop presentation and formatting skills for assessments.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Compare and contrast the various pedagogical methods used in studio music teaching for beginner music students
  2. Articulate the pedagogical strategies for assisting beginner music students to develop good performance practice for a particular instrument/voice in the studio
  3. Generate a business plan and risk analysis for a music studio teaching business
  4. Create a marketing and promotional plan for a music studio teaching business.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Written Assessment •
2 - Written Assessment •
3 - Practical and Written Assessment • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Communication • • • •
3 - Critical Thinking • • • •
4 - Information Literacy • • • •
6 - Information Technology Competence • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 - Written Assessment • • •
2 - Written Assessment • • •
3 - Practical and Written Assessment • • • •