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Study of current practices. Topics include supervision, in-service education, curricular and instructional developments, public relations, finance, facilities, and resources. Individual projects connected to teaching situations.

Presents and examines the functions of assessment in the music classroom; how to create, administer, and interpret the results of teacher-developed assessments; and how to interpret the results of externally developed, published music measures.

Presentation and examination of current topics of relevance to music educators. Outside faculty, students, and others in music and related fields called upon as needed. Individual projects.

Study of philosophical and historical foundations of music education, emphasizing current issues and developments. Particular application to curriculum and instruction in school music.

Study of psychological and sociological foundations of music education, emphasizing current issues and developments. Particular application to curriculum and instruction in school music.

Study of curriculum and assessment in music education, emphasizing a synthesis of previous course work. Written project required. Should be the final Music Education course after all requirements are met in the Music Education category, all but 3 credit hours completed in the Musicianship category, and all but 3 credit hours completed in the elective category.

Examination of important philosophies, relevance to music education and educator; aesthetics; contemporary educational philosophies including Existentialism, Reconstructionism, Experimentalism, Realism, Idealism, and philosophies of mind as they relate to the artistic experience and arts education. Emphasis on developing, articulating, and defending a philosophical point of view.

Examination of important psychological developments and theories and their importance for music education and the music educator: psychology of aesthetics, humanistic psychology, current learning theory, and child and adolescent development as related to problems of instruction in music. Emphasis on articulating and defending methods of instruction and choice of musical content in terms of psychological principles.

Study/research culminating in a Thesis, a Composition/Arrangement, or a Performance Recital as required in the Final Project Program. Candidate must register for the course in each semester or term during which the services of the Project Leader are actively engaged toward the completion of the Final Project. For those approved for the performance recital option, this 3-credit course includes regular studio lessons on the student's major applied instrument. Maximum of 3 credit hours.