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.