PUBLIC LECTURE:
  School of Music presents: Research Seminar Series - Andrew Sutherland
		
Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:00 - Tunley Lecture Theatre, School of Music, UWA
		
Andrew Sutherland
Principles for designing an effective, post-compulsory Music curriculum
suitable for Western Australia.

A new post-compulsory Music course known as the West Australian
Certificate of Education (WACE) Music course was recently introduced
into Year 11 and 12 in Western Australian (WA) schools after a
convoluted process of creation, and its implementation into classrooms
has been problematic. Given criticism levelled at its process of
creation and implementation, does the WACE Music course embody
effective, recognised principles to support the effective teaching and
learning of music? The aim of this study is to investigate the
principles which should form the basis of an effective, post-compulsory
music curriculum, suitable for WA. The study involved a literature
review which seeks to produce a set of principles for teaching and
learning frameworks based upon international best practice in music
education, and applicable in the unique geographical, historical and
multicultural WA context. In addition, the study employed a researcher-
designed survey instrument to examine whether Western Australian music
teachers perceived these principles to be evident in their practical
experiences of the WACE music course. With the subsequent publishing of
a draft Australian National Arts Curriculum, it is an appropriate time
to review the principles which should underpin an effective Music
curriculum for senior secondary students in the WA context.
		
URL: http://www.music.uwa.edu.au/research/seminar-series
		
For more information:
  Pip White
  pip.white@uwa.edu.au
  08 6488 7835

Starts       : Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:00
Ends         : Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:15
		
Last Updated : Tue, 22 Oct 2013 14:31