Sing, Say, Dance and Play in a Responsive Way: Redesigning Music Curriculum for Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning Post COVID
Date
June 6-July 31, 2022
Course Code
7532
Credits
3 Graduate Credits
Tuition
$1,065, due in full with registration Course Code 7532
Course Description
This course is designed for general music teachers who are looking to redesign and make curricular modifications for the upcoming academic year in light of increasing awareness of the importance of diversity, equity, inclusion in music education as well as post pandemic implications on instruction and learning environments. The course addresses strategies and solutions for designing a culturally responsive curriculum, adapting SEL routines, and inclusive teaching and learning practices in the general music program. Participants will work with songs and chants, singing games, dances and movement, poetry, children’s literature to develop conceptual knowledge and skills to address general music curricular objectives. Participants will design or redesign lessons to weave in standard based assessments within a culturally responsive framework. Texts including Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain and Culturally Responsive Teaching in Music Education in addition to articles and resources provided.
Instructor
Manju Durairaj was born and raised in India. She studied in Pune, India. She was involved in graduate research projects on comparative pedagogical practices of Indian (Carnatic) and Western Music at Middlesex University, London, UK. She graduated with her second master’s degree and K-12 certification from VanderCook College of Music, Chicago. Manju is the Lower School Music Teacher at the Latin School of Chicago. She is vice president elect DEI of AOSA, past president of the Greater Chicago Orff Chapter and is a certified Orff Schulwerk Levels Instructor. She is a certified Arts Integration specialist. She is on the Elementary General Music Council of IL Music Education Association. She is an adjunct professor at VanderCook College of Music, Chicago where she teaches curriculum design and elementary methods graduate and undergraduate courses. Her continuing teaching education courses, on campus and online, include Culturally Responsive Music Education, Technology, Arts Integration, Curriculum Development, Responsive Classroom, and Redesigning Teaching and Learning for 21st Century. She is a frequent clinician at various state, national, and international conferences. She has been published in the Orff Echo, Reverberations, Illinois Music Educators Journal, General Music Today, and the Journal of the Council for Research in Music Education. Her publications with Hal Leonard include InterAct with Music Assessment Levels 1 and 2, InterAct Levels 1&2 Student Activities for Devices and Print, Technology in Today’s Music Classroom and Dancing Around the World with Music Express Magazine.