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The professional master’s degree in Didactics and Pedagogy in Music Education will generate a sense of confidence in the performance of your profession, which will help you grow personally and professionally"

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Therefore, the teaching of music should not only be relegated to a matter of content acquisition, but it is necessary to educate and specialize the teacher in each and every one of the dimensions involved in musical learning. 

This educational program will enable professionals in this field to increase their capacity for success, which results in a better practice and performance that will have a direct impact on students, on the improvement of the subject of music and on the general benefit of society as a whole.

This program offers an integral vision of musical learning in all its dimensions, providing tools, experiences and advances in this field, which have also been guaranteed by the teachers of the educational action. With which the student will learn based on professional experience, as well as pedagogy, which makes the student's education more effective and accurate. In addition, it is necessary to highlight that, although there are courses on the Didactics of music, there is no program that offers a multidimensional approach to musical learning, studying not only elements related to the content, but also giving importance to the figure of the learner, to their educational, personal, social and intellectual characteristics and needs.  

The different modules are taught in sessions with an eminently practical approach, supported by the necessary theoretical support. All the teachers of the professional master’s degree have extensive experience in cases of all ages and in diverse socio-family and educational contexts. Furthermore, it must be taken into account that musical learning is approached integrating the educational, personal and social-group vision.

In addition to educating students in Musical Didactics and in the educational environment, it will also facilitate their insertion in the labor world, due to the great demand for this type of specialized professionals within the regulated educational system, as well as in the non-formal field (private music schools or musical groups). For those students who are already in the labor market, it will allow them a better professional positioning and will increase their possibilities of promotion and recognition.

Update your knowledge through the program in Didactics and Pedagogy in Music Education "

This professional master’s degree in Didactics and Pedagogy in Music Education contains the most complete and up-to-date educational program on the market The most important features include:

  • The development of 75 practical cases presented by experts in Didactics and Pedagogy in Music Education
  • Its graphic, schematic and practical contents are designed to provide scientific and practical information on those disciplines that are essential for professional practice
  • The latest developments on Didactics and Pedagogy in Music Education
  • It contains practical exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning
  • Algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the situations that are presented to the student
  • With special emphasis on evidence-based methodologies in Didactics and Pedagogy in Music Education
  • All of this will be complemented  by theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
  • Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

This professional master’s degree is the best investment you can make when selecting a refresher program for two reasons: in addition to updating your knowledge in Didactics and Pedagogy in Music Education , you will obtain a qualification endorsed by TECH Technological University"

It includes in its teaching staff professional teachers belonging to the field of Didactics and Pedagogy of Music Education who bring to this program their work experience, as well as recognized specialists belonging to reference societies and prestigious universities.

Thanks to its multimedia content developed with the latest educational technology, it will allow the professional a situated and contextual learning, that is to say, a simulated environment that will provide an immersive learning programmed to prepare in real situations.

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the program. For this purpose, the professional will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system developed by recognized experts in the field of Didactics and Pedagogy in Music Education and with great teaching experience.

Increase your confidence in decision-making by updating your knowledge through this professional master’s degree"

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Objectives

The program in Didactics and Pedagogy in Music Education is aimed at facilitating the performance of the professional dedicated to work in music education with children and adolescents.

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This program is designed for you to update your knowledge in Didactics and Pedagogy of Music Education, with the use of the latest educational technology, to contribute with quality and confidence to the decision-making and monitoring of these students"

General Objectives

  • Enable the student to teach in the field of music
  • Introduce the student to the main characteristics of music teaching
  • Show the student the main tools of work in the music classroom
  • Prepare the student in the handling of techniques and strategies for the musical intervention in the different environments: formal and out-of-school
  • Develop in the student the ability to elaborate their own methodology and work system based on previous successful models
  • Be able to value the multidimensionality of music teaching
  • Consolidate innovation and the application of new technologies as a central and useful element in the educational process1

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Primary and Secondary Socialization and its Relation to Music 

  • Get to know the space that music learning occupies at the current level 
  • Understand inclusive education and attention to diversity as a fundamental right through music 
  • Identify the educational needs of music students 
  • Gain knowledge about the characteristics of the subjects in the pre-school and primary stages 
  • Get to know the different centers of musical education nowadays 

Module 2. Child Psychology, Music and Personal Motivation 

  • Learn the scientific and psychological foundations of musical learning 
  • Gain knowledge about the neuropsychological principles of music 
  • Understand the contributions of neuropsychology to musical educational practice 
  • Apply musical techniques for emotional management and social skills oriented to educational practice 
  • Review strategies of emotional intelligence applied to musical intervention 
  • Understand the importance of student motivation in the learning process 
  • Value the use of personal learning environments and tools used to favor metacognition 
  • Know the importance of emotional intelligence applied to the classroom and the different emotional education models 

Module 3. Musical Learning in the Different Stages of Life Music for Children and Adults 

  • Refresh the theoretical bases of the learning process in individuals 
  • Differentiate musical learning in the different developmental stages 
  • Demonstrate the need to initiate musical learning at early stages of development 
  • Get to know the dimensions of musical learning 
  • Justify the importance of musical language in the educational process 

Module 4. Music Teacher Training 

  • Gain knowledge about the characteristics of the current music teaching-learning process 
  • Differentiate the roles played by the different educational agents nowadays 
  • Understand the bases of the organization of the curriculum at the center and classroom level 
  • Understand the functioning and competencies of music teachers and professors 
  • Understand the urgent need for specific education of music teachers 
  • Organize the teacher's decision-making 
  • Apply cognitive strategies to one's own learning process, as well as in teaching 
  • Critique teacher training plans 
  • Acquire teaching skills to address student demotivation in the music classroom 

Module 5. Music Didactics 

  • Explore the possible routes towards the achievement of a quality music education 
  • Interpret the different pedagogical models of musical learning 
  • Justify current music teaching methodologies 
  • Discuss the consideration of learning styles and their repercussions in the different educational stages 
  • Propose concrete lines of action for musical practice 
  • Review educational practices 
  • Describe the advantages of playing with music and motor activity in the learning process 

Module 6. Material Resources for Music Education 

  • Understand the structure of the educational system and how music-related educational projects and plans are developed 
  • Get to know practical cases of music learning 
  • Analyze the importance of learning styles in music students 
  • Analyze the different models that explain learning styles 
  • Plan educational actions and precise orientations to favor the development of each learning style 

Module 7. Principles of Music Composition for School 

  • Compare the different tools of musical learning 
  • Understand musical creativity as a necessary tool in the integral development of the person 
  • Review the organization of the musical syllabus in the different educational stages 

Module 8. Instrumentation for Music Education 

  • Apply instruments and tools in musical learning 
  • Get to know in a technical way the existing instruments in the classroom 
  • Understand the aspects of instrumentation, before and after J.S. Bach  
  • Master the techniques of attack and expressiveness in the melodic function 

Module 9. History of Musical Learning   

  • Analyze the historical background and the evolution of musical learning 
  • Compare the evolution of the concept of music teaching in the international framework 
  • Critique the different currents of music learning 
  • Critique myths and false beliefs of music teaching 
  • Critique reference manuals and their applicability to the field of music teaching 
  • Analyze music as a tool for conflict resolution 
  • Share the educational challenges of the present and the objectives of a school in the 21st century 

Module 10. Evaluation of Music Students 

  • Identify successful educational experiences based on the analysis of cases 
  • Master the existing evaluation instruments and tools 
  • Propose the items to be evaluated in the musical area 
  • Understand the importance of debate in the educational process 

Module 11. New Technologies Applied to Music Education 

  • Propose innovative teacher training plans adjusted to current knowledge 
  • Analyze the benefits in the use of ICT for learning music 
  • Apply a networked musical learning 

Module 12. Music as an Alternative Therapy: Music Therapy   

  • Propose intervention strategies and musical educational projects 
  • Demonstrate the importance of emotions in the learning process 
  • Gain knowledge about the musical intervention in the improvement of self-esteem and self-knowledge of the individual 
  • Organize emotional management activities applied to music 
  • Understand the benefits of music therapy in children and youth disorders 
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Professional Master’s Degree in Didactics and Pedagogy in Music Education

In 2001, a group of researchers at the University of Leicester in England discovered that when a group of cows was exposed to soft melodies such as Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony, milk productivity increased considerably. Nature leaves us a transcendental sign, music is a universal heartbeat that permeates life with emotions. What would man be without it? The Professional Master’s Degree in Didactics and Pedagogy in Music Education offered by TECH University is a virtual format program that seeks to deepen the most fundamental and practical components of this sonorous aspect of art that arouses so many passions and affinities in the human spirit. No educational pathway is complete without incorporating the humanistic sciences into its studies, among which musicology and its derivatives occupy a special place because of the impulse they represent to the intellect and cognitive development. In our institution, we want to provide you with the highest curricular standards so that you can transmit these conceptions to the new generations.

Study a postgraduate degree in music education

Science is clear about the usefulness of music, numerous studies show that learning to play an instrument increases brain volume and capacity, enhancing cognitive areas such as memory, attention, and even language and math skills. There is even research published in the New England Journal of Medicine that reports on how the activity of playing musical instruments can prevent dementia in old age. Why not take advantage of all the benefits that music has to offer? Our program is extremely complete in this aspect, addressing from the pedagogical and psychological foundations inherent to the profile of a music teacher, through history and musical composition, to the notions in different types of instruments and music therapy. Are you looking to excel in the educational field leaving unforgettable traces in your group of students? At TECH we give that extra to your career that will turn you into a figure of remarkable inspiration.