Study Guide

Objective

After completing the Instrument Pedagogy Courses 1-4, the student:
- identifies and masters the basic technical skills of her instrument and is capable to teach them
- knows the key teaching methods, repertoire, teaching materials of elementary, basic, and advanced studies, including making music together
- is able to set the objectives of teaching on a learner basis and design the lessons in accordance with trainee student’s needs
- can apply the principles of ergonomics creatively and use those skills while working with trainee student
- can guide the learner's training and is able to support the development of the learner's artistic expression and performance capacity
- has internalized the principles of encouraging continuous feedback and can also guide learners in self-assessment and peer review
- can assess the learner's progress and constructively coach and evaluate performance in level performance situations
- can support and guide learners of different ages in both individual and group learning situations
- is able to interact with learners of different levels, ages and from different backgrounds (including adult students) and can teach learners with both for hobby goals and vocational training
- knows how to use online pedagogical methods in her pedagogical work
- is familiar with the work of a musical pedagogue in different environments: music colleges that provide basic education in the arts, in the vocational secondary school of music, in the free education sector and in private sector
- can analyze and showcase her own field of art and its pedagogical activities
- has formed a versatile picture of her as a teacher and is able to reflex her own activities and develop capabilities to help grow as a teacher throughout the professional career

Content

Music pedagogy lectures
Observing teaching practice and teaching samples
Observing professional instrument teaching
Other pedagogical activities, i.e. introduction to group pedagogy, evaluation and possible teaching assistant assignments

Materials

study material will be chosen together with teacher

Content scheduling

studying pedagogical flute repertoire with teacher
auditing lessons given by professional teacher through the academic year
group lessons
lectures on pedagogical subjects

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty