Early Childhood Music Teaching and Learning

Freiburg, Germany
Institute KINDLICHE LERNWELT MUSIK
July, 30 – August 8, 2012       
Organized and conducted by Prof. em. Dr. Wilfried Gruhn, Jonas Falk, Susanne Falk
Location: Classrooms at Erbprinzenstraße 1 (4. floor) 
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Participation fee: 800,00 EUR
Applications should be sent to the office of the Institute by mail or fax. 
Deadline: April 1, 2012
Withdrawal after July   1, 2012: 50% refund
Withdrawal after July 20, 2012: no refund 

Accomodation: For accommodation see www.freiburg.fit-tourist.de
Recommended affordable pensions and hotels:       
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Requirements: Degree in music or equivalent musical experience. This includes vocal experiences (e.g. singing alone and in choirs, love for vocal expression), good sense of movement and basics in music theory.

Qualification: Summative assessment. Qualification (Certificate) in early childhood music teaching and learning

Goal: Participants will obtain basic information about learning psychology, developmental psychology, learning theory, and teaching methods. They will practice all materials (songs, chants, movements) for their work with children. All theoretical instruction leads to or will be derived from practical teaching experiences in children classes. A practicum with kindergarten children, seminars and workshops including micro-teaching sessions will alternate. The final goal is to enable the participants to practice early childhood teaching based on a new understanding of teaching and learning music.

Course Materials:
Edwin E. Gordon et al. (1993): Experimental Songs and Chants. Book 1. 
   The Early Childhood Music Curriculum Chicago: GIA Public. Inc.
Edwin E. Gordon (2000). More Songs and Chants without Words. Chicago: GIA Publ. Inc.
Wendy Valerio et al. (1998). Music Play. The Early Childhood Music Curriculum. Guide for 
   Parents, Teachers and Caregivers. Chicago: GIA Publ. Inc.
All materials can be ordered online from www.giamusic.com 

Reference Books:
Lise Eliot (1999). What's Going On Here? How the brain and mind develop in the first five 
  years of life. New York: Bantam Books.
Edwin E. Gordon (2003). A Music Learning Theory for Newborn and Young Children. 
  Chicago: GIA Publ. Inc.
Edwin E. Gordon (2001). Preparatory Audiation, Audiation, and Music Learning Theory. 
  A Handbook of a Comprehensive Music Learning Sequence. Chicago: GIA Publ. Inc.
Wilfried Gruhn (2010). Anfänge des Musiklernens. Eine lerntheoretische und entwicklungs-
  psychologische Einführung. Hildesheim: Olms.
Andreas Lehmann, John A. Sloboda & Robert H. Woody (2007). Psychology for Musicians. 
  Oxford: OUP

Course Structure