PGCE in Music with Specialist Instrumental Teaching

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PGCE in Music with Specialist Instrumental
Teaching

• Geoffrey Reed
• Director, RNCM Centre for Young Musicians
• FMS Conference 20 May 2006

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Background

• Manchester Metropolitan University Institute of
  Education and Royal Northern College of Music
• Current provision
• 1 year PGCE in Music (34 F/T students)
• 2 year PGCE in Music with Specialist Strings
  Teaching (up to 30 F/T students, 15 / year)
• From September 2006
• 1 year PGCE in Music with Specialist Instrumental
  Teaching (15 F/T students this year, 30 from
  September 2007)
• Final cohort of 2 year PGCE with Specialist
  Strings
• From September 2007
• New strings students enrol on 1 year PGCE with
  Specialist Instrumental Teaching (30 F/T students
  in total)

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PGCE in Music with Specialist Instrumental
Teaching

• Secondary music own instrument and related
  family instruments
• Student experience
• Prospective students
• 6 Units
• Introduction to Pedagogy Music
• Consolidation of Pedagogy Music
• Development of Pedagogy Music
• Professional Studies
• Teaching Placement Part 1
• Teaching Placement Part 2

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RNCM Provision

• Overview
• Consolidation / development of own instrumental
  technique
• Family instruments
• Integrated musicianship
• Planning, assessing, recording, reporting
• The lesson itself instrumental teaching
  strategies
• Extension activities
• Professional issues and development

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Course Outline

• Term 1 Teaching Placement Block A in a
  secondary school
• Term 2 Teaching Placement Block Bi in a Music
  Service
• Term 3 Teaching Placement Block Bii in a
  secondary school (3 days) and Music Service (2
  days)
• Assessment
• QTS Teaching Standards

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Looking Ahead

• Opportunities for further study
• At MMU
• At RNCM MMus in Performance
• Masters level units in Rhythmics, Solfege and
  Improvisation
• Plus recital and dissertation (10,000 words)
• Extended range of instruments / disciplines
• Guitar, Keyboard, Voice, Music Technology

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Contacts

• MMU www.mmu.ac.uk
• RNCM www.rncm.ac.uk
• General enquiries cym_at_rncm.ac.uk
• 0161 907 5398
• Audition enquiries fiona.macmillan_at_rncm.ac.uk
• 0161 907 5210
• Geoffrey Reed geoffrey.reed_at_rncm.ac.uk
• (wind, brass, percussion) 0161 907 5205
• Philippa Bunting philippa.bunting_at_rncm.ac.uk
• (strings) 0161 907 5286
• GTTR www.gttr.ac.uk (online registration)

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Conservatoires UK

• CUK Pedagogy Working Group Aims
• On behalf of CUK, establishing a common / agreed
  framework for pedagogy within the UG curriculum
• Achieving externally-recognised accreditation
  (QTS or equivalent) or partial-accreditation for
  the teacher / performer
• Providing substantive information to support CUK
  in lobbying Government and other stakeholder
  groups
• Contextualising work within the wider HE agenda
  HEFCE, Music Manifesto, TDA etc