Music Education

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MISSION OF MUSIC EDUCATION

The music education programs at Bridgewater State University include an undergraduate concentration, a post-baccalaureate program, and an M.A.T. program, all designed to prepare musicians to be effective music educators.  Each curriculum develops the studentsÂ’ musicianship and subject matter knowledge through required courses at suitable levels, addresses and examines cultural diversity, and provides training in pedagogy at multiple levels.

Music Education is allied with BridgewaterÂ’s School of Education and Allied Studies. The Department of Music works closely with the Department of Education in formulating and implementing Music Education policies and procedures which will comply with those of the Massachusetts Department of Education.

Massachusetts Post-Baccalaureate Certification

GOALS OF  THE POST-BACCALAUREATE DEGREE
IN MUSIC EDUCATION
For graduates of an established music program

  • To earn initial state licensures for Massachusetts state licensure  for teaching "Music:  Vocal/Instrumental/General (Levels: All)"

  • To gain effective training for meeting the standards set by the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education  (NCATE)

  • To acquire an understanding of diversity and  child development at both the primary and secondary levels

  • To obtain tools and techniques for teaching both vocal, general, and instrumental music

  • To increase basic knowledge and understanding of the prominent pedagogical approaches for teaching music (Orff, Dalcroze, Kodaly, et al.)

  • To gain a variety of field experiences in PreK-12 classrooms prior to student-teaching

  • To experience a practicum or practicum equivalent which is supervised jointly by a supervising practitioner and a university supervisor

Post-Baccalaureate Certification Courses

Core Education Courses:
EDHM210: Introduction to Teaching
EDHM235: Learning and Motivation
EDHM335: Assessment and Planning
EDHM445: Reading and Writing in the Content Area

Content Specific Courses:
EDHM413 Strategies for Teaching Music, K-12 (3 cr.)
EDHM490/ED495 Supervised Teaching in Music (12 cr.)
Music Education Courses for Teacher Certification
MUSC456: Music Methods and Materials (3 cr.)
MUSC251: Conducting (3 cr.)
MUSC388: Instrumental Techniques (3 cr.)
MUSC483: Choral Techniques (3 cr.)

 

ACCELERATED POST-BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM

Applicants who have previously earned a degree in music and have passed the state teacher certification tests may qualify for the APB in music by fulfilling all education department directives and satisfying the piano proficiency.   The following courses are required.  (Depending on prior course work or life experience these courses may be partially or completely waived, at the discretion of the university music department.)

Music Education Courses   

MUSC456: Music Methods and Materials (3 cr.)
                   OR
MUSC455:  Creative Activities in Elementary Music (3 cr.)
                  OR
EDHM413:  Strategies in Teaching Music (3 cr.)

 

MUSC351: Conducting (3 cr.)

MUSC388: Instrumental Techniques (3 cr.)
                   
MUSC483: Choral Techniques (3 cr.)

Piano Proficiency:  A piano proficiency exam will be required of those applicants who have not previously established their proficiency in their undergraduate degree.

       Core Education Courses

 

       EDHM550  Middle and High School Education: 

                     Theory into Practice (3 graduate credits)

                     (This course includes 40 hours of fieldwork.)

 

       EDHM553  Curriculum and Instruction in the Middle

                     and High School Arts and Humanities (3 graduate credits)

 

EDHM554 Student Teaching Practicum (6 credits)

                        OR

EDHM556 Internship Practicum (6 credits)

 

EDHM558  The Reflective Middle and High School Practitioner (3 credits)

Prerequisite:  EDHM550 and EDHM 554 (taken concurrently with EDHM 554 or EDHM556)

 

Music Education Resources

  • Complete Orff Instrumentarium
  • Various additional xylophones, metallophones, and glockenspiels
  • Autoharps, guitars, and tonebells
  • Timpani, hand drums, pitched and unpitched small percussion
  • Access to complete state-of-the art midi-lab
  • Resource library of music education visual aids, texts, guidebooks, audio and visual recordings, and other supplemental teaching materials

Music Education Links

American Music Conference
American Orff Schulwerk Association   (membership required for access)
American Recorder Society
Ask ERIC  "Education with the personal touch"
Edwin Gordon Learning Theory Page:  The Gordon Institute for Music Learning 
Garden State Youth Orchestra:  Information about musical instruments and music education (follow "Learn about Music") 
J.W. Pepper Network
Masssachusetts Department of Education
Massachusetts Music Educators Association(MMEA)
Massachusetts Educator Certification Test:  Field 16:  Music
Music Educators National Conference(MENC)
Southeast Music Educators Association
Music Education Online
Music Education Resources  a bibliographic database of more than 30,000 resources in music and music education from 32 Canadian and International journals and other sources covering the period 1956 through the present.  
Organization of American Kodaly Educators 

Last Modified: August 1, 2011