Unit Synopsis
You will continue your development of the theoretical and practical application of effective studio teaching skills by investigating the methods and materials required to teach an instrument or voice in a private music studio with students at intermediate and advanced levels. You will concentrate on identifying the essential performing and educational elements of significant repertoire while learning how to assist students to harness these elements to support good performance practice at intermediate and advanced levels.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 2 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
For entry into this unit, you must have completed 36 credit points in this course. Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
Term 2 - 2026 Profile
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Written Assessment | 30% |
| 2. Written Assessment | 30% |
| 3. Practical and Written Assessment | 40% |
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).
Past Exams
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Term 2 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 66.67% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 30% response rate.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Source: Staff reflection
Expand the Advanced student content.
Develop content relating to strategies for teaching advanced students, such as refining technical skills, developing artistic interpretation, and creating individualised learning plans.
This feedback has been addressed by developing content on strategies for teaching advanced students, including technical refinement, artistic interpretation, and individualised learning planning.
Source: Student evaluation
Increase the word limit for Assessment item 1 & 2
It is recommended that the word limits for Assessment Items 1 and 2 be increased to allow students greater scope to demonstrate depth of analysis and reflection.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Identify essential performing and educational elements of significant repertoire for your chosen instrument or voice at intermediate and advancing levels
- Articulate the various pedagogies used in studio music teaching for intermediate and advancing levels for your chosen instrument or voice
- Explain and demonstrate the methods for assisting intermediate and advancing students to harness these elements to support good performance practice.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment | • | • | |
| 2 - Written Assessment | • | • | |
| 3 - Practical and Written Assessment | • | ||
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Communication | • | • | • |
| 2 - Problem Solving | • | ||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | • | • | • |
| 4 - Information Literacy | • | • | • |
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | • | ||
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | ||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | ||||||||
| 3 - Practical and Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||