Curriculum Development in Music Education Overview

What is this class about? Who is this class for?	Seminar in: Curriculum Development in Music Education The University of Kansas will offer the distance learning course Curriculum Development in Music Education, MEMT 845. It is a graduate level music education class for practicing professionals and current music education students. Course Description This is a live interactive class. MEMT 845, Curriculum Development in Music Education (3 credit hours) will meet Mondays, August 24, 2009 - December 14, 2009 from 4:30-6:20 PM with one hour of "appointment" credit for the student's research. The course will focus on the study and preparation of curriculum and the various components including philosophy, goals, objectives, and a unit of study appropriate to one's teaching discipline.	Potential course foci: • study curricular approaches • prepare curriculum • design a unit of study • integrate higher-order thinking skills into learning activities
	Instructor Dr. Debra (Gordon) Hedden, Associate Professor of Music Education and Music Therapy at the University of Kansas, is a general music specialist and is a past chair of MENC’s Chair of the Society for General Music. Hedden has 20 years of public school teaching experience and 10 years as faculty and Chair of Music Education at the University of Northern Iowa. In public school she has taught band, choir, and general music; in higher education she has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in music education and has founded and directed the Northern Iowa Children’s Choir at UNI. While at KU since 2003, she has initiated graduate music education distance delivery and has founded and directed the KU Youth Chorus at The University of Kansas.	Dr. Debra Hedden +1 785 864 9638 dhedden@ku.edu
Where will I have classes? When does the class meet?	Locations The course will be offered at KU as both an on-campus class in MUR 448 and an off-campus course with sites to be determined by students' needs. Some community colleges and high schools have Polycom transmission capabilities and could be used for class locations; or the student can purchase software and use the internet to attend class. Both venues offer live, participatory class sessions that can conceivably occur anywhere in the world. Course participants will have continuous opportunities to enhance their professional networking as well as learn from each other. Please see the KU Music Education/Music Therapy web site for information on degree programs.	on-campus: • KU Campus, Rm. 448 MUR