Art of Teaching 2

CFA ME 202

This course is a continuation of ME201/601 Art of Teaching 1 Acquisition of additional instructional skills related to expectations, classroom climate, use of time, classroom space, routines, teaching momentum, and learners with special needs. Principles of learning and classroom behavior management techniques are observed and practiced including introduction to music teaching pedagogy and lesson planning, analysis of teacher attributes, teaching techniques through a sustained internship in a Boston high school, weekly written reflections, and class discussions. Continued examination and analysis of the attributes of artful teaching as portrayed in films about skillful teachers. Weekly fieldwork experiences (sustained internship) help the student to gain confidence in dealing with urban students at the secondary level. Weekly singing in class helps students to become more confident vocalists as they build a repertoire of songs for use in schools. Sophomores will complete e-portfolios, regularly adding artifacts created in this course. Portfolios will be presented before the music education faculty in the latter part of this semester.