Program Title:
World Dances and Ethnic Music Games for the Multicultural Music Classroom
Description:
Today’s students must be prepared to live respectfully and peacefully with the peoples of our planet as well as in our increasingly multi-ethnic classrooms. What more pleasurable way to create this global community than by moving together to the world’s music and celebrating with one another’s social dances as we connect to the multicultural curriculum?
In this course, Sanna will teach accessible and enjoyable music games and traditional dances from a variety of cultures for music teachers of kindergarten through college as well as teachers of physical education, special learners, geriatric programs, integrated arts, and others. Focus is on cultural backgrounds, languages, movement styles, music elements, ethnic and national holidays, teaching tips, and classroom management techniques. She will emphasize how these patterned dances can support the many levels of learning in multicultural music and other classrooms, as well as help strengthen music and movement skills, reinforce pattern recognition and memory, demonstrate sequencing, encourage creativity, connect to the classroom curricula, teach teamwork and civility, and help create a community within grade levels and throughout the school.
TIME: Monday - Thursday: 2:00 - 7:30 pm
Friday: 10:30 - 4:00pm
INSTRUCTOR: Sanna Longden
This workshop may be taken for graduate credit (NCFD), Continuing Education Units (CEU), or for personal enrichment without college credit.
Please check website for program dates
Sponsoring Service Unit(s):
Music
Sponsoring Department(s) Involved:
Music Education
Program Available to these Counties:
Statewide
Effective Dates:
3/12/2008 to Ongoing
Subject Area(s):
The Arts; Education: Early Childhood to Grade 12; Education: Higher Ed; Education: Continuing & Community
Contact Info:
Regina Ferguson
World Dances and Ethnic Music Games for the Multicultural Music Classroom
University of Michigan
School of Music, Theatre & Dance
2005 Baits Drive Room 220
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2075Phone: (734) 764-5429
Available for Contact:E-mail: rcferg@umich.edu
Visit the Program on the Web at:
http://www.music.umich.edu/special_programs/adult/WorldDancesandEthnicMusicGamesfortheMulticulturalMusicClassroom.htm