Postgraduate Course: Creative and Professional Development A (MUSI11022)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 40 |
| Home subject area | Music |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The course will include group creative workshops, practical training in animateur/workshop leader skills, supervised placements in community settings, and seminars in the planning, design and implementation of community music projects. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | Some travel expenses to placements may be claimed back from the University. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| Students will develop their personal creative resources and their ability to communicate and motivate as a music animatuer/workshop leader. Students will also gain a professional understanding of the skills required to design and implement imaginative programmes of community arts work. |
Assessment Information
Group presentation: 10% (joint mark)
Critical reflection essay (3000 words): 40%
Individual Contribution: 20%
Supervised Placement: 30% |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Seminar topics include:
Identifying areas of creative and professional development for community music practitioners; skills for critical reflection; music workshop planning (sessions including guest practitioners); professional agencies and intersections for music in the community; individual tutorials for reflective journal development. (NM)
Workshops topics include:
Specific intercultural community music skills and methodologies; theories of interculturality; supervised placements in schools and other community settings; practical community music skills related to a number of traditions (e.g. China, India, Middle East). (NO) |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
* Matarasso, François (1994). Regular Marvels: handbook for animateurs, practitioners and development workers in dance, mime, music and literature. Leicester: Community Dance and Mime Foundation. [Students may wish to purchase their own copy. 1 x held at Edinburgh University Library: Moray House.]
* Boud, David, Rosemary Keogh, and David Walker (Eds.) (1985) Reflection. Turning experience into learning. London: Kogan Page. [6 copies held at Edinburgh University Library: Moray House.]
* Key texts.
For first Seminar (Wednesday, week 1):
Higgins, Lee (2007). Acts of Hospitality: the community in Community Music. Music Education Research, 9(2): 281-292. [Available with University login via Swetswise.]
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Katie Overy
Tel: (0131 6)50 8248
Email: |
Course secretary | Mr Allan Knox
Tel: (0131 6)51 5735
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