The Music Education course is one of the most important courses for the class teacher department. It is a subject of specialization. Its importance comes due to the benefit of music for the child. It is one of the most effective teaching methods due to the element of interesting melody. It helps the student to use the audio arts “music” in the field of teaching to provide knowledge. In a fun and friendly way for children, the course aims to introduce students to what music is, to identify the components of melody and its sources, to learn about the principles of the musical language in reading and writing, how to sing the musical scale, down to the relationship of music to education, the definition of musical education and the definition of school chants, and through the applied practical side, a practical program is used by The computer through which the children’s lyrical songs are identified by tasting the music, sometimes through some lyrical models for the child in the basic education stage “first grades”, and at other times, the students reach the stage of searching for lyrical works, i.e. the songs that suit this stage to create the idea of innovation for them and to prepare them for the future at the level What is required is commensurate with dealing with childhood in keeping with scientific development Due to the speed required by the times, the arts - and music in particular - have become a prominent role in learning using other techniques and strategies that keep pace with scientific development on the one hand, and because music is one of the most important methods of teaching simplicity, renewal, ease and suspense in obtaining knowledge, and the curriculum also contains many singing skills And many other definitions and goals that the Music Education course seeks to achieve in order to prepare a class teacher who is able to teach and to use everything that would serve the child to the fullest.
Intended learning outcomes
1- The student should know the meaning of music linguistically and idiomatically, define the material and clarify its role and uses in our lives and in the educational field in particular.2- The student should understand the difference between the normal voice “the voice of speech” and the toned voice and its relationship to the physics of sound.3- The student should be introduced to some principles about the musical language, reading and writing, through some lessons in this context, and studying the musical scale and the correct way to sing it.4- Enabling students to delve into the practical aspect of music with regard to school chants for children due to their great importance, and to know and understand their trends and topics and their relationship to other subjects of study, since children's lyrical songs present melodic poetic texts with different themes, some of which are recreational, patriotic, religious, and educational. Most of them provide high-value scientific material that serves knowledge materials at the level of reading, arithmetic, religion, English language and various other sciences that are presented to children, in addition to being popular with the child among all other traditional methods used in learning and quick to understand them. In addition, it addresses multiple negative aspects of the child, such as shyness and introversion. Self-love, selfishness, speech defects, and many other benefits.
Teaching and learning methods
The course of music education is offered to students of the class teacher department as follows:The theoretical side in the form of lectures, dialogues and discussions, and in the practical side applied practical activities using audio-visual media by means of direct singing between the lecturer and the subject teacher and between the student and by means of the computer through various musical programs related to singing and school chants in particular, and sometimes students are assigned to prepare research papers related to In the course, and the methods of teaching this course are subject to the use of a mixture of different methods in line with the nature of the subject.
Methods of assessments
Theoretical midterm exam 20% Practical midterm exam "Singing songs" 15% Working papers and discussions 5% Final exam 60% Total = 100%
