Basics of Music Education (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

Pass/Fail

Content scheduling

Opetukset kampusalueella syys-joulukuussa 2025.
Projektin toteuttaminen pareittain päiväkodissa tai koulussa marras-joulukuussa 2025.

Opintojakso päättyy joulukuussa 2025.

Objective

Course competencies:
You know how to use digital learning environments as a student.
You take care of your study skills and take responsibility for the development of your own and the community's skills and for sharing what you have learned.

Learning Outcomes of the Course:
After the course, you will understand the importance of music in early childhood as a support for a child 's holistic development and growth.
You know the basics of early childhood music education and are able to apply what you have learned in a mini-project for children.
You know the key principles involved in learning music and musical development.
You are familiar with teaching music and the work of a music educator, and you are familiar with the key teaching methods of individual and group guidance.
You have formed an overview of the Finnish music education system and an understanding of the main features of the history of Finnish music education.

Content

At the beginning of music education.
Musical development and music learning.
Music education system in Finland.
The diversity of the music educator's work image.
The history of music education in Finland (in a nutshell).

Location and time

On Thursdays at 9.00 - 11.30 a.m.

Materials

Huhtinen-Hildén, L. & Pitt, J. 2018. Taking a Learner-Centered Approach to Music Education: Pedagogical Pathways, Learning in and through music. New York: Routledge.
Huotilainen, M. 2019. Näin aivot oppivat. PS-kustannus.
Juntunen, M-L., Nikkanen H. & Westerlund, H. 2013. Musiikkikasvattaja - kohti reflektiivistä käytäntöä. PS-Kustannus.
Lindeberg-Piiroinen, A. & Ruokonen, I. 2017. Musiikki varhaiskasvatuksessa -käsikirja. Helsinki: Classicus.
Louhivuori, J., Paananen, P. & Väkevä, L. (toim.) 2009. Musiikkikasvatus: Näkökulmia kasvatukseen, opetukseen ja tutkimukseen. Vaasa: FiSME.
Louhivuori, J., Saarikallio, S. & Toiviainen, P. (toim.) 2022. Musiikkipsykologia. Jyväskylä: Atena.

Teaching methods

You will participate in lessons, which includes lectures, demonstrations and workshops.
You will work independently with other students in a small group, organizing an interactive concert in a kindergarten or at school. You will also have other group works.
You will learn about the work of a music educator by observing his work in different classes.
You will participate some excursions.
The materials and tasks of the course are in an e-learning environment, where you also return all the tasks you have done.

Employer connections

You can follow the lessons in a place of your choice.

The project will be implemented in a kindergarten or at school of Jyväskylä.

Completion alternatives

Osaamisen tunnistaminen ja tunnustaminen: Hyväksilukeminen (korvaaminen ja sisällyttäminen).

Muulla tavoin hankitun osaamisen tunnistaminen ja tunnustaminen. Opinnollistaminen. Tarkemmat ohjeet löytyvät tutkintosäännöstä ja opinto-oppaasta.

Student workload

5 ECTS = 135 h
Contact teaching 40 - 50 h
Planning and implementation of a miniature project 50 h
Individual and group assignments 35 - 45 h.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Pass: You know how to use digital learning environments as a student.
You take care of your study capacities and take responsibility for your own and community's skills and for sharing what you have learned.

You know how to determine the importance of music to support holistic development and growth of human.
You know how to define the basics of early music education and you can apply what you have learned in a practical project. You are familiar with the key principles of music learning and musical development. You know how to define the main features of teaching music. You are familiar with the main features of the Finnish music education system and the history of Finnish music education.