Curricula

Objectives

The students are able to guide and evaluate individual learning processes in individual and group situations.
They are able to plan and implement learning situations that are interesting from the standpoint of learning goals, and evaluate the reaching of the goals.
The students reflect on their own activity as teachers

Content

The basic questions of teaching planning. The fundamentals of guidance and evaluation and their various activity habits.

Teaching methods

The course includes classroom teaching, webinars, and distance work – both individually and in small groups. During the course, you will work collaboratively on learning assignments related to the future of music pedagogy. The purpose of the learning assignments is for you to develop your own professional identity. You must prepare for the classroom teaching days by familiarising yourself with the source materials provided. The content will be covered through group discussion and peer learning.

Exam dates and retake possibilities

Instead of completing an exam, you will demonstrate your competence by completing the course’s learning assignments in accordance with the schedule approved during the course.

Alternative completion methods

You can apply for a course credit transfer in the following circumstances:
1. if you have previously completed basic studies in education, adult education or vocational education with a pass grade (25 cr/15 ECTS)

2. if you have completed a course in music education at the University of Jyväskylä with similar objectives and scope

3. if you have previously completed the same course at another university of applied sciences.

Student workload

The course consists of:
35 hours of classroom teaching and webinars
50 hours of group work for the learning assignments
50 hours of independent study

Further information for students

You will give and receive peer feedback at different stages of your work throughout the course. You will complete a self-evaluation at the end of the course. The instructor will provide feedback and make an assessment decision on the basis of the assessment criteria.

Evaluation scale

Pass/Fail

Evaluation criteria, pass/failed

Opiskelija tuntee oppimisen ohjaamisen ja arvioinnin lähtökohdat ja menetelmät ja osaa tuoda esille, mitä ne tarkoittavat hänen omassa opetuksessaan.
Opiskelija kykenee eettisesti vastuulliseen ja oppimistavoitteiden kannalta myönteiseen vuorovaikutukseen.
Opiskelija arvioi realistisesti toimintaansa oppimisen ohjaajana ja asettaa itselleen uusia tavoitteita.
Opiskelija arvioi digitaalisten välineiden soveltuvuutta oppimisen ohjaamisessa ja arvioinnissa.

Prerequisites

The students are able to examine the teacher's work in a broad manner especially that in the music field and are able to build their own reasons and conscious concepts of the teacher profession's nature and professional identity as well as understanding the teacher profession's ethical and enterprising character.
The students are able to follow in their own teaching field conversations about content and pedagogy and developmental conversations.

The students are able to evaluate from the standpoint of diverse learning concetps the pedagogial departure points of their own teaching work and are able to build consciously and fundamentally their own teaching work's practical theory.
The students use the field's teaching plans as point of departure for their own teaching plans and their implementation.