This assignment is designed to help expand your knowledge of useful world music-related resources for preparing your lecture notes and class presentations. A master list, collaboratively compiled by the entire class, will be hosted on the course website and generally accessible for future reference.
You will work in small groups to research, investigate, and evaluate resources of a given type (categories will be determined in class discussion). Each group will compile an annotated list of resources relating to their assigned resource category. The annotated list should contain a full reference to each resource/repository, followed by a brief description of that resource's/repository's offerings and usefulness for instructors of a world music course.
Each group will present their resource list to the class, illustrating their value by showing select resources to the class.
Additionally, each group will post their annotated resource list to the Resources section of the class website by the day before the assigned date of the class presentation. Instructions for posting to the website are located on the Resources page of the website.
Ethnomusicological research is grounded in field research and the notion that understanding is enhanced through contextualized observation. For this assignment we will apply the same assumption to pedagogical knowledge by observing an undergraduate world music survey class. As you observe a class, you should focus on the process of instruction, and less so on content.
You will attend one class meeting of an undergraduate world music course taught by an agreeable faculty member or graduate student colleague (make sure to obtain permission from the instructor before attending the class). Take notes during the class session and then write a two-page analysis of the instructional methods you observed.
You will submit a two-page, hard-copy report on the date due.
Your final project is a complete syllabus, including a detailed calendar, for Music Cultures of the World (MUH 2051) for the Fall 2011 semester.
Your syllabus should include the following information:
Upload a PDF file of your complete syllabus to the course website in addition to turning a hard copy in to me in class.
Whether applying for a job, a grant, or a teaching award, teaching philosophy statements are frequently requested by others for evaluating you as a collegiate teacher and academic. Of course, teaching philosophy statements are particularly helpful on a personal level. Writing down, reviewing, and revising your own personal thoughts and goals, successes and lessons learned, can help provide insights needed while preparing—and in the throes of teaching—your course.
How you choose to write your teaching philosophy statement is up to you, with the exception of a few guidelines:
The Filene text will be helpful in crafting your teaching philosophy statement. Additionally, the following sites contain helpful tips for writing a teaching philosophy statement:
You will submit your statement of teaching philosophy in hard-copy format along with your course syllabus and lecture notes in a 3-ring binder.
Your final project is a complete syllabus, including a detailed calendar, for Music Cultures of the World (MUH 2051) for the Fall 2011 semester.
Your syllabus should include the following information:
Upload a PDF file of your complete syllabus to the course website in addition to turning a hard copy in to me in class.
Whether applying for a job, a grant, or a teaching award, teaching philosophy statements are frequently requested by others for evaluating you as a collegiate teacher and academic. Of course, teaching philosophy statements are particularly helpful on a personal level. Writing down, reviewing, and revising your own personal thoughts and goals, successes and lessons learned, can help provide insights needed while preparing—and in the throes of teaching—your course.
How you choose to write your teaching philosophy statement is up to you, with the exception of a few guidelines:
The Filene text will be helpful in crafting your teaching philosophy statement. Additionally, the following sites contain helpful tips for writing a teaching philosophy statement:
You will submit your statement of teaching philosophy in hard-copy format along with your course syllabus and lecture notes in a 3-ring binder.