SERV CRS 422-201/202
Contemporary Issues in Education:
Elementary & Secondary General Music Methods, Pedagogy, and Techniques
Summer 2009
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Dr. Kenneth Liske

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Course Links:

• Course Syllabus
• Course Calendar
• EXCEL Summer Workshop Flier
• Recommended Texts and Materials:
• Music in Childhood: From Preschool through the Elementary Grades
• Strategies for Teaching: Prekindergarten Music, MENC (1995)
• Strategies for Teaching: K-4 General Music, MENC (1996)
• Strategies for Teaching: Middle-Level General Music, MENC (1996)
• Strategies for Teaching: High School General Music, MENC (1996)
• Performance Standards for Music: Grades PreK-12, MENC (1996)
  
• The Sweet Pipes Recorder Book, Book 1 (Soprano) (scroll down)
• A Soprano Recorder with Barque Fingering
  
• Contemporary Class Guitar, Book 1
• A Classical or Folk-style Acoustic Guitar
• The Melody Book: 300 Selections from the World of Music...
• Planning Curriculum in Music, WI DPI (2009)
• Source Readings
• Spotlight on General Music: Teaching Toward the Standards, MENC (2005)
• Spotlight on Assessment in Music Education, MENC (2001)
• General Music Today Yearbook: Volume 20, Fall 2006-Spring 2007, MENC
  
• General Music Today Yearbook: Volume 19, Fall 2005-Spring 2006, MENC
  
• Hinckley, J. M. (Editor) Music at the Middle Level: Building Strong Programs, MENC (1994)
• Agenda For Excellence in Music at the Middle Level, MENC
  
• Teaching General Music: A Course of Study, MENC (1991)
• Source Readings on Inclusion of Special Learners
• "Learning Disabilities in the Music Classroom: Implications for the Music Educator"
  By Cynthia M. Colwell
  Update: Applications of Research in Music Education 21(2)
• "Collaboration and Access for Our Children: Music Educators and Special Educators Together"
  By Kimberly McCord and Emily H. Watts The New York Times Education Life Supplement, August 6, 2000
  Music Educators Journal 92(4)
• "The Law and You–Teaching Children with Disabilities"
  By Darlene Fett
  CMENC NewsLink, February 2009 Feature Article
• "Teaching Special Learners: Ideas from Veteran Teachers in the Music Classroom"
  Supplement to Teaching Music, December 2004,12(3)
• Source Readings on Music-and-the-Brain Research
  
• Francis Rauscher, April 4, 1997, NPR Science Friday Interview (Real-Audio Media)
  
• Francis Rauscher Discussion of Research, ArtsEdge, etc.
• Francis Rauscher, Professional Website
  
• "Western Babies Got Rhythm, but They Unlearn It, Study Says"
  Brian Handwerk, National Geographic News, March 8, 2005
• Debating The Mozart Theory, The New York Times Education Life Supplement, August 6, 2000
• What the Brain Tells Us About Music, healthwindows.com, 2001
  
• Assignments
• Email Assignment
  
• Sample Task Analyses
• Sample Piggyback Song TA
  
• Sample Unfamiliar Song TA
• Peer Teaching A Assignment
• Peer Teaching B Assignment
• Video Analysis Form
• Composition Project Assignment
• Curriculum Outline and Sequence Assignment
• Sample Curriculum Unit Sequence and Outline
• Instructional Unit Assignment
  
• Web Site Review Assignment
• Position Paper Assignment
  
• Assessment Rubrics
• Rote Song Teaching Rubric
  
• Peer teaching Rubric
• Instructional Unit Rubric
  
• Videos
• Handchimes on YouTube
  
• Web Sites
• The Wisconsin Task Force on Arts and Creativity in Education Plan for Action
• Wisconsin's Model Academic Standards for Music
  
• The National Standards for Music Education
• Vision 2020--The Housewright Declaration
• Where We Stand: MENC's position on a variety of music education topics and issues
• Position Statements from MENC
• Position Statements from WMEA
• MENC Block Scheduling Resources
• World's Largest Concert
• Association of Wisconsin Area Kodály Educators (AWAKE)
  
• Organization of American Kodály Educators (OAKE)
  
• American Orff Schulwerk Association (AOSA)
• Greater Milwaukee Orff Diminsions
  
• The Dalcroze Society of America
  
• American Suzuki Institute
  
• Wisconsin CMP (Comprehensive Musicianship through Performance)
• Resources
• Considerations When Buying A Recorder, by Lee Collins
• List of Children's Books Related to Music, compiled by Dr. Lethco
• APA Style Crib Sheet
  
• MakeMusic Finale NotePad
  
• Middle-Level Composition
• Handchimes in General Music
  
• UW Oshkosh Music Education Resource Page (Links)
• UWO Student Handbook
• UWO Student Discipline Code
• D2L website
• Student Grade Postings
• Final grades will be available on TitanWeb at the conclusion of the term.

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