Ch 6: Curriculum & assessment

What is a curriculum? Latin for “story” The story of what is supposed to happen in your classroom Scope and sequence – Scope: what is in the radar to be learned – Sequence: when each step towards the scope is to be taken and in what order

4 kinds of curricular models 4 kinds of plot frameworks Materials-centered – Use of series texts Take a look at a scope/sequence – Use of stuff World Drums Content-centered – Music literature creates the goals Show “Get America Singing..again” materials Method approach – Orff/Kodaly/Gordon/ect Experience-based/constructivist approach – Student learning experiences

Constructivist curricular model Learning is a social process Understanding is constructed through individual learning experiences New understanding comes from building on prior understanding – John Dewey – Lev Vygotsky – Bandura

Constructivist = Student centered figure 6.1 (p.124) Teacher centered lesson – Objectives have very firm parameters – Students work individually – Students are assessed individually by teacher Student centered lesson – Objectives have flexible parameters – Students work in social groups – Students self- and peer- assess

Constructivist teaching has elements of surprise. End outcomes are not always known, AKA, Mike and the didgeridoo

4 important teaching practices Modality – Aural – Visual – kinesthetic Pacing – How quickly material is covered Size – How much material is covered at once Color – Processing aid – Organization aid

Adaptations To the degree that you change – Modality – Pacing – Size – Color Is the degree to which the lesson is adapted for special learners – Modifications – accommodations

Let’s do a little lesson now, shall we? Aquarium Ask yourself: – Modalities? – Pace? – Size? – Color?

Two kinds of adaptations Modifications – Changing the expectations of how much can be covered and/or understood Accommodations – Changing the expectations of how the information will be presented and/or processed

Field trip time! Leave your things here Come to the library.

To recap: As stated in syllabus: – 1. Find a series text lesson that lists an adaptation for a student with a disability. – 2. Synopsize the lesson: where it was found, what the main concepts, objectives, activities are – 3. Describe the adaptation as either a modification or an accommodation and explain why. 4. Place in the drop box.

Some accommodations are achieved through assistive technology

Assistive Technology AT Device- any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customize, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of a child with a disability.

Assistive Technology – may serve as a leveraging agent – greater academic success and independence.

Assistive technology mentioned in the IEP for the music classroom should be paid for using music department funds. FALSE Special education needs come from Special Ed funds Don’t be shy about needing AT Don’t be shy about getting on the IEP team

Music teachers say…. 85.6% : responsible for adapting music education goals for students with disabilities, 61% :not involved in the IEP development for students with disabilities that they teach. –McCord, 2005

Types of assistive technology Seating and Positioning Aids Computer/Musical Aids Communication Aids Vision/Reading Aids

Types of assistive technology Seating and Positioning Aids Computer/Musical Aids Communication Aids Vision/Reading Aids

Seating/Positioning Aids Music teachers were most familiar with seating and positioning aids (52.7%).

Seating and Positioning Aids

Wheelchair instrument mount

Adaptive mallets

Adaptive recorder

Wheelchair mount

Velcro percussion adaptation

Adaptive autoharp pick

Assignment for Wiki 1) Find a suggested commercial musical aid for any disability. 2) On the class wiki, describe the adaptation in 1-3 paragraphs, Include: a) the company that sells the product b) price of the product. c) contact information for company Make link as appropriate d) description of what the product will do for what disability.