MUCE 550 - Global Music Education

3 Credit(s)

This course provides a theoretical, practical, and analytical framework for understanding global music education. We will examine teaching strategies that acknowledge and make constructive use of cultural diversity. Among the topics explored will be various definitions of global music education, teachers’ values and behaviors in their work with culturally diverse populations, avoidance of stereotyping, and design of strategies and curricula that address themes of social justice. Format of this course will include a combination of lecture, discussion, workshop activities, and student presentation.