SUMMER 2021
All online Summer MECA
courses begin on June 7
and conclude on August 1,
except as noted.
Registration for
all online courses
closes at 12:00 noon CST
on May 28, 2021.
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Creating a Responsive General Music Classroom
ONLINE
June 8–July 31, 2020
This course adapts the responsive classroom approach to PreK-8 general music teaching. Teachers will customize responsive classroom principles to build a sense of community, design rules with the students, establish routines in the music class, teach students to meet expectations, use effective teacher language, and design music lessons that facilitate social interaction. These principles will help general music students learn to use 21st century skills like critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, collaboration, creativity and innovation in the music room.
Teachers will adapt the responsive classroom shared practices in the music class by sharing and learning new energizers, facilitating opening greetings and closing circles, planning transitions, developing logical consequences, organizing interactive learning structures for students to engage with music curricular content, developing skills by interactive modeling, and using intentional language to enable students to be engaged in their learning. The objective of this course is to develop practices that will help teachers build a joyful and engaging musical community.
Instructor: Manju Durairaj
Manju Durairaj (MMEd ‘03) was born and raised in India. She studied in London, England, and was involved in graduate research projects on comparative pedagogical practices of Indian (carnatic) and Western Music. Durairaj is certified in Orff Schulwerk, having completed her levels training at VanderCook, George Mason University, University of St. Thomas, and at the Orff Institute in Salzburg, Austria. She currently teaches PreK-5 general music at the Latin School of Chicago. She is president of the Greater Chicago Orff Chapter, has presented at ISME, AOSA, OAKE, ILMEA, ECMMA, MKMEA and NAfME (formerly MENC), and has been published in the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education.
Course Details
Creating a Responsive
General Music Classroom
Course Code 7060
Instructor
Manju Durairaj
2 Graduate Credits
Tuition
$700, due in full with registration
Online Chat Sessions
TBD
Prerequisites
None
Required Text(s)
None
Software/Hardware Requirements
Internet access is required.
MECA Online
is powered by Schoology
Schoology is a learning management system that allows you to interact directly with your instructors, fellow students, and members of the greater VanderCook community.
Summer 2021 MECA courses officially begin on Monday, June 7. Soon after you register, be on the lookout for an email from Schoology with log-in instructions. Once you receive credentials, visit online.vandercook.edu to login. On the morning of June 7, you'll have access to your classroom and course material.
Some courses have specific online chat meeting times (please see course descriptions), while others have a flexible meeting schedule. You can expect all courses to meet together in a live online chat. If a live meeting time doesn’t work, you can work with your instructor to make other arrangements.
Online grades will be reported by mid-June. If you need a transcript, please visit the online transcript request page. For faster turnaround time, please submit the transcript request to the registrar prior to the end of your course(s).
More information about Schoology can be found at www.schoology.com.