Certificate in Pro Music Education

Six months of learning for a lifetime of earning! Enrol now for a ONE TIME, special introductory fees.

Get an edge over the rest by mastering effective teaching techniques, especially for teaching music online. Get certified to make your music teaching credible and unlock new career and earning opportunities.

The Pro Music Education certificate programme prepares you to embark on a professional music teaching career, whether you wish to pursue it in a personal capacity as an independent music teacher, or if you are looking forward to teaching music in a school or music academy.

Build proficiency in using a variety of teaching and assessment tools in a range of professional teaching contexts, and engage in collaborative projects that develop professionalism, leadership, communication and digital classroom management skills.

Start Date: 13th October 2020
Timings: Tue & Thu 4.00 - 5.00 PM | Wed & Thur 11.00 AM - 12.00 PM (GMT +5.5)

     Live Classes                  Video Lessons

     Assignments                      Quizzes

  Peer Assessments

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SUBJECTS

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Course Info

• Learn about pedagogy and its elements - how the classroom setting influences pedagogy and the various pedagogical approaches that you can employ in your classrooms. 
  
• Familiarise with effective music pedagogical methods for adults and children, which can be used in conducting ensembles and choirs, as well as group and individual instrumental and vocal lessons. 
  
• You will participate in a portfolio of continuous assessments that include discussions, quizzes and written assignments. 

• Familiarise with the fundamental concepts related to how human beings learn as well as an introduction to cognitive science and study of the human brain.
• Learn the fundamental concepts in behavioral sciences and early cognition in children that have a lasting impact on the learning abilities of human beings. 
• Apply these concepts to music teaching methods, which involve the development of motoric, cognitive, and affective skills in young musicians. 
• You will be expected to form your own opinions and reflect upon your personal learning journey.

• Learn about the most relevant philosophers and how their ideas influenced the world of education.
• Understand different views of the purpose and means of education, the classroom setting, the role of the teacher, and the relationship with pupils.
• Learn about the principal philosophical movements like Essentialism, Behaviorism, Constructivism, and Humanism.
• Throughout this module, you will be invited to form and express your opinions on the topics discussed.

• You will be assigned to an active class under the supervision of its teacher. You will assist the teacher to perform basic administrative tasks for the class, and familiarize with the various day-to-day tasks involved in planning and delivering lessons, including online classes.
• You will be providing tutoring to students for subjects such as music theory, ear training, and performance.

• Learn about the pedagogic models,teaching strategies and educational devices that will enable you to keep your students engaged and to achieve the course’s learning outcomes to prepare them for 21st-century learning.
• You will be invited to form and express your opinions on the topics discussed, and you will be expected to formulate your own examples of the application of the models learned in the field of music.

• Go in-depth into the study of how human beings learn to perform and compose music.
• Learn about the cognitive processes behind creative thinking, audiation, music improvisation and composition and how to promote them among your students, by learning to work with Gordon and Kodaly’s music teaching methods.
• You will also learn the basics of metacognition and study the motivations behind human efforts to learn, strive and progress.

• Learn the fundamentals of curriculum design and authoring.
• Recognise the important elements that make a coherent curriculum and learn to construct learning outcomes, learning objectives and lesson plans that have a long-lasting impact on the learning and careers of young musicians.
• Develop the ability to assess the validity of learning outcomes, familiarise with the various types of assessment methods and strategies.

• Familiarise with the roles and responsibilities of a teaching assistant.
• Learn to use the latest organizational tools effectively to manage a group classroom.
• Learn the desirable attributes of a music educator and how to observe best practices in classrooms. 
• At the end of this module, you will be expected to apply theoretical knowledge gained in assisting a teacher.