Integrating Arts in Teaching: Essential Features
Module 3: Integrating Music in Teaching
Dr Hema Ramanathan believes that education is a public discipline; teaching is a social act; and research in education should mirror these concepts. Her academic focus is on teacher education with an emphasis on diversity, especially language diversity, and English Language Teaching (ELT). She has taught English language and literature in India, Indonesia and Malaysia. After almost 25 years of teaching education at universities in the U.S., she moved to India to pursue her passion to work with teachers as a senior advisor and consultant with educational organisations. She has over 75 publications and 190 presentations and workshops on ELT and teacher education in India and the U.S. She is a series editor and author of an English textbook series for Grades 1 to 8.
Introductory module
Introduction to the module
Task 1a: Identifying the types of musical instruments
Audio for Task 1b and 1c
Task 1b: Identifying the sounds of musical Instruments
Task 1c: Associating musical instruments with the moods
Suggested answers
Self-study PPT
Expert video
Task 2a: Sounds and instruments
Task 2b: Sounds and instruments
Suggested answers
Task 2c: Sounds and instruments
Suggested answers
Self-study PPT
Expert video
Task: Elements of music and our curriculum
Self-study PPT: Music in the classroom
Expert video
Task: Music in the classroom
Lesson plan: Music
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