Course Content (Syllabus)
This course introduces student to concepts necessary for understanding issues in music pedagogy and educational/developmental psychology. Music pedagogy is a specialized field of pedagogy and concern matters that arise when teaching music. Developmental psychology, which includes educational psychology, is the scientific study of how and why human beings change over the course of their life. It is concerned with infants and children, adolescence, adult development, aging, and the entire lifespan. This field examines change across physical development, cognitive development, and socioemotional development. Within these three dimensions are a broad range of topics including motor skills, executive functions, moral understanding, language acquisition, social change, personality, emotional development, self-concept and identity formation. Developmental psychology involves a range of fields, such as, educational psychology, child psychopathology, forensic developmental psychology, child development, cognitive psychology, ecological psychology, and cultural psychology. Influential developmental psychologists include Urie Bronfenbrenner, Erik Erikson, Sigmund Freud, Jean Piaget, Barbara Rogoff, Esther Thelen, and Lev Vygotsky.
Additional bibliography for study
Elliott, S., Kratochwill, T., LittlefieldCook, J., Travers, J., (2008). Εκπαιδευτική Ψυχολογία: Αποτελεσματική Διδασκαλία, Αποτελεσματική Μάθηση. Μ. Σόλμαν, Φ. Καλύβα (μετάφρ.), Αθήνα:Gutenberg.
D. J. Hargreaves (2004). Η αναπτυξιακή ψυχολογία της μουσικής. Mετάφραση: Έφη Μακροπούλου. Fagotto, 2004
Slavin, R.E.,(2007).Εκπαιδευτική Ψυχολογία : Θεωρία και πράξη. Αθήνα: Μεταίχμιο
Small, C. (1977). Music, Society, Education. Wesleyan University Press, Hanover, NH, USA
Swanwick, K. (1979). A basis for music education. Routledge,London