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A Reflective Lens:
Music Pedagogical Research to Transform Practice

I took on the role of a facilitator and carried out the
following teaching plan:
Wk Syllabus Learning
Outcomes / Objectives

Teaching Strategies / Suggested Activities / Resources

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Teaching Strategies:
1. Instruct students on forming groups and getting into their
friendship groups (Ideal size: 2 members in a group).
2. Issue resources and alert them on being accountable for
the resources, especially the keyboards.
3. Instruct students on working with their partners in
recognising different palettes of the keyboards.
4. Guide students on finding suitable tutorial videos online
(on learning the keyboard) with suitable keywords.
Students are welcome to share videos with other groups.
5. Brief students on the pedagogy of working in groups
independently without much help from the teachers.
6. Share timeline of lessons with students.
7. Assist students in looking for suitable popular songs
that they would like to play on the keyboards.
Resources:
• Keyboards / Laptops / Earphones

Sing / Play Melodic and
Rhythmic Instruments
Individually and In Groups
• Play a tuned instrument:
Keyboard
Form Friendship Group (1)

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Sing / Play Melodic and
Rhythmic Instruments
Individually and in Groups
• Play a tuned instrument:
Keyboard – C position
notes
• Play Ode to Joy in pair
Develop Understanding of
Music Elements / Concepts
• Understand and
distinguish various note
values in a piece of
music
Form Friendship Group (2)

Teaching Strategies (Formal and Informal):
1. Students are to access videos on the Shared drive
to learn how to play C position notes (RH) and to
differentiate the different note values.
2. Students are to go through these videos and learn how to
play Ode to Joy after understanding C position notes (RH).
3. Once students as a friendship group can play Ode to
Joy well, students will then be allowed to play a popular
music piece of their choice.
4. Students are encouraged to find a popular song of their
choice, find suitable tutorial video clips, and learn how
to play the song in pairs.
5. Students are reminded to finalise their grouping with
submission of their names to the teachers.
Resources:
• Keyboards / Laptops / Earphones
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