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A this discipline course at Arizona Christian University.
A 2-credit required course for the music minor in string performance. Overview of music education methodologies, philosophies, and techniques, including computer-based music instruction. Exploration of theories and concepts in music learning, including achievement goals, motivation, implementation and assessment. Students will gain knowledge of how to influence students' motivation and of intervention strategies to create meaningful lessons. Emphasis on pedagogy relevant to the K-12 student musician. May be taken again as audit.
Engage the Course Material
Build a working understanding of teaching strings as the course's central subject.
Apply Discipline Methods
Use the methods, vocabulary, and frameworks of the discipline to address course problems.
Connect Course Content
Connect this course's content to broader work in the discipline and related fields.
Demonstrate Course Competencies
Demonstrate the specific competencies the course is designed to develop.
A Biblical Worldview treats music as a craft worth doing well — a way of engaging beauty, skill, and worship with the seriousness any vocation deserves.
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