Ideas and Themes
In this episode I speak with Melissa Carpenter about her experiences and perspectives on music curriculum and curriculum development. We discuss ideas and themes such as:
- Required enrollment in instrumental programs
- Prescribed music curriculum
- The relationship between method books and music curriculum
- Curriculum responsive to students
- Time to review and discuss curriculum
- Building on prior skills and knowledge
- Designing music curriculum for vertical alignment
- Roles of goals in music curriculum
- Approaches to designing music curriculum
- The music is not the curriculum
- Students choosing repertoire
- Curriculum and standards
- Changing curriculum
Notes, Resources, and References
Note: Some book links are affiliate links.
- Atlas Rubicon
- I mention Lucy Green’s book “How Popular Musicians Learn” towards the end of the episode while discussing the idea of throwing students into the deep end (with or without floaties – as Melissa mentions).
- Here’s a resource on how to facilitate dropping students “in the deep end” with informal learning approaches from the organization Musical Futures.
- The “deep end” part of the process makes more sense in relation to the larger context of Green’s research and the Musical Futures International Resource “Musical Futures: An approach to teaching and learning resource pack 2nd edition.”
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