Music Learning and Teaching 1
Music Learning and Teaching 1 covers elementary and middle school music instruction, focusing on designing lessons, developing inclusive pedagogies, and examining critical issues in music education.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2021: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.92 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.75 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Discuss critical perspectives on contemporary and historical issues in music learning and teaching.
Identify values and meanings of music education and how they shape music learning and teaching.
Critically interrogate issues, power, identity, and difference (including, but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender, LGBTQ+ identities, class, and disability) in music education inside and outside of schools.
Design and teach lesson plans/units/projects for a variety of learners in a variety of contexts.
Develop context- and learner-specific pedagogies that foster mindful, inclusive, respectful, empathetic, relevant, responsive, and sustaining learning.
Curate and critique appropriate texts, repertoire, and other materials to support learners in and out of schools.
Use and critically examine instruments, technologies, and tools to support learning in and out of schools.
Model knowledge and skills as a reflective practitioner.
Source: UW Guide 1· UW Guide 2
Grade history
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Prerequisites
Course mapMUSIC/CURRIC 300 and concurrently enrolled inMUSIC/CURRIC 337 and declared in Music: Education
- MUSIC/CURRIC 300
- MUSIC/CURRIC 337 · concurrent
- declared in Music: Education
“Used by” includes alternatives; linked courses may have other requirements. This is a best-effort interpretation; check the catalog requirements above.
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- All of
- MUSIC/CURRIC 300
- MUSIC/CURRIC 337 · concurrent
- declared in Music: Education
Professors
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the class
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2021: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.92 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.75 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).
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Topics
- Elementary and middle school music learning and teaching.
- Critical perspectives on contemporary and historical music education issues.
- Power, identity, and difference in music education contexts.
- Inclusive and responsive music pedagogy development.
- Curation and critique of musical repertoire and educational materials.
Skills
- Design and teach lesson plans, units, or projects for diverse learners.
- Develop context- and learner-specific inclusive pedagogies.
- Curate and critique educational texts, repertoire, and materials.
- Critically examine and use instruments, technologies, and tools for learning.
- Interrogate issues of power, identity, and difference in music education.
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