Download - Ch 6: Curriculum & assessment
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 models4 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 centeredfigure 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.