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Intermediate Level

Approx. 8 hours to complete
English

What you will learn

  • Employ techniques that teach improvisation in blues and jazz music

  • Employ approaches that teach youth the basic principles of songwriting

  • Engage in the use of social cultural contexts in all aspects of instruction

  • Explore multiple uses of technologies for music making

Skills you will gain

  • Music
  • classroom management
  • Curriculum Design
  • Teaching
  • Learning
Flexible deadlines
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Coursera Labs
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Intermediate Level

Approx. 8 hours to complete
English

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week1
Week 1
2 hours to complete

Welcome to Teaching Popular Music!

2 hours to complete
1 video (Total 1 min), 4 readings, 2 quizzes
2 hours to complete

Conversations Through Sound: Improvisation, Listening, and Cultural Contexts

2 hours to complete
8 videos (Total 43 min), 3 readings, 2 quizzes
Week2
Week 2
1 hour to complete

Songwriting

1 hour to complete
6 videos (Total 25 min), 1 reading, 2 quizzes
Week3
Week 3
1 hour to complete

Arranging Music with Interactive Media Tools

1 hour to complete
5 videos (Total 14 min), 1 reading, 2 quizzes
Week4
Week 4
3 hours to complete

Making the Band: From Modeling to Informal Learning

3 hours to complete
10 videos (Total 63 min), 1 reading, 3 quizzes

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