In my group we came up with the idea of doing a music collaboration course with a school in Turkey and a Danish school, where pupils would learn about the differences and similarities in music styles and instruments between the two different countries.
What?
The name of the project is: "Music: Let’s be representative in our songs"
The goal is to get pupils acquainted with musical expressions, genres and instruments from their own country and then use their aqcuired knowledge to analyze differences in musical expressions and instruments from foreign countries. The course will also include a trip to the country which the schoolclass has collaborated with.
Aims of project (Pupils should learn):
- Different meanings of music in different cultures
- Writing English/talking English to communicate
- Learning different languages (Their own language – English and the language of the song)
- Geography of the countries
- simmilarities/differences of the instruments and genre
Why?
We have chosen music as our subject for our course because we think that musical skills and understanding give pupils alternative ways of expressing their feelings, help develop a social understanding of other people, and engourage pupils to reflect upon their lives and thus make them able to take a stand in society as strong individuals.
We have chosen music as our subject for our course because we think that musical skills and understanding give pupils alternative ways of expressing their feelings, help develop a social understanding of other people, and engourage pupils to reflect upon their lives and thus make them able to take a stand in society as strong individuals.
Furthermore we think that young people find music a motivating and comprehensible subject.
How?
We want the course to run over 3 months and include the 10 phases listed below:
We want the course to run over 3 months and include the 10 phases listed below:
1. Introducing
the project to teachers and pupils (0,5 week)
2. Cross
cultural communication course in English (3 weeks)
3. Communicate
with the foreign school (0,5 week)
4. Music
lessons about your own musical culture and production of song (1month)
5. Exchange
of songs
6. Analyse
the songs: (1week)
a.
instruments
b.
languages
c. genre
d. typical
dance that fits the song
7. Evaluate
the song from the foreign country and send a letter with comments (O,5week)
8. Dance
the song (0,5 week)
9. Visiting
the other country (1week)
a. Try
the different instruments
b. Expressing
feelings trough dance/instrument
10. Give a
concert for the parents with the exchange country (1 day)
When?
Second semester, in april, because the trip would be nice to have in spring or summer.
Who?
In order to carry out the project we need music teachers, English teachers and a collaboration school.
In order to carry out the project we need music teachers, English teachers and a collaboration school.
Evaluate:
In order to evaluate the project to see how beneficial it has been for pupils we thought that we could:
Look at how good the song was.
Ask parents if they enjoyed the concert.
Give pupils a feedback lesson where they can praise or criticise the project, and propose areas of improvements.
In order to evaluate the project to see how beneficial it has been for pupils we thought that we could:
Look at how good the song was.
Ask parents if they enjoyed the concert.
Give pupils a feedback lesson where they can praise or criticise the project, and propose areas of improvements.
Dear Jonas M
ReplyDeleteTHis is just a very very good project. You and your group really show that you have been discussing and reflecting much. This project you can take and use directly in your teaching when you have qualified as a teacher and your project partner will be very proud of your work
Well done:)
Birte