2025

Education and Musical Expression

Name: Education and Musical Expression
Code: PED15012L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area: Education Sciences, Teatro

Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Sustainable Development Goals

Learning Goals

-To understand the importance of musical expression and education and its contribution to the development of children in preschool.
-to know how to carry out musical education activities in the school context through the acquisition of musical content for nursery, kindergarten and primary education areas.
-Develop students' rhythmic and melodic skills in terms of listening, execution and interpretation.
-Understand the structure of a music for nursery, kindergarten and primary education classes.

Contents

- Basic concepts and exploratory exercises of rhythm, pulse, dynamics, pitch and melody.
-Rhythmic audition and execution practices.
-Practice rhythmic improvisation.
-Vocal practice of singing and developing body rhythm for nursery, kindergarten and primary education classes.
-Execution of practical works of rhymes, choreographed songs, nursery babbles, stories and rhythmic patterns with the body and instruments.
-Display of musical expression classes with various methodologies, thus fostering the spirit of analysis.
-Preparation of a plan for a musical and its presentation in context.

Teaching Methods

Theory and practical classes where practical cases of music activities are observed in daycare, kindergarten and primary education exploring with the students the activities executed; execution of individual and group practical work activities; , exploring the creativity in groups and individual; exploring the spirit of analysis of the various presentations of the students.

Assessment

Continuous evaluation.
Attendance - 15%
Participation and commitment - 20%
Participation in proposed activities - 30%
Self evaluation- 10%
Carrying out and presenting a musical expression plan - 25%
Final evaluation:
Carrying out and presenting oraly and writen a musical expression plan - 100%