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Cultures
Languages

Cultures

...course, Cultures, you will address the question of traditional music and music from the francophone world, and you will examine the place they occupy in the world of artistic creation. The course is divided into three sections: 'Is traditional music, current music?', 'The musical heritage of Normandy' and 'Music of the francophone world'...In this free course, Cultures,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Discovering music: the blues
History & The Arts

Discovering music: the blues

...course, Discovering music: the blues, will introduce you to a musical tradition with roots in the nineteenth century but which is still relevant to making music today. You will learn about how the lyrics of blues songs reflect the social environment in which they were created, and about the musical techniques that underpin the structures of blues songs. You do not need to...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Assessment in secondary music
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary music

...course, Assessment in secondary music, will identify and explore some of the key issues around assessing music in secondary schools. Through coming to understand these issues and debates, you will reflect on and develop your assessment practice as a music teacher and develop a greater awareness of the implications of assessment practice on pedagogy and what is considered...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Using film music in the classroom
Education & Development

Using film music in the classroom

...course, Using film music in the classroom, explores them all...There are many approaches to using film music in the classroom including: a focus on pupil experience; a focus on the structure of composition; a focus on the relationship between music and image. This free course, Using film music in the classroom, explores them all....Using film music in the classroom:...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Grammar matters
Languages

Grammar matters

...course introduces you to one approach used to understand how meanings relate systematically to different aspects of grammar and shows how this deeper understanding can be applied to make everyday communication more effective...Grammar matters because, combined with vocabulary choice, it is our main way of making meaning. This free course introduces you to one approach...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study
Health, Sports & Psychology

Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study

...course, doping (performance enhancing drugs, or PEDs) is used as an example of how contemporary issues in sport might be studied. Doping is used to illustrate how you can think about the debates involved in an issue and this will help you develop appropriate skills to discuss other contemporary issues in sport...In this free course, doping (performance enhancing drugs, or...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Teaching secondary music
Education & Development

Teaching secondary music

...course, Teaching secondary music, will identify and explore some of the key issues around teaching music in secondary schools. Through coming to understand these issues and debates, you will reflect on and develop your practice as a music teacher and develop a greater awareness of the wider context of music education and how this affects music in the secondary school...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Understanding musical scores
History & The Arts

Understanding musical scores

...course, Understanding musical scores, provides a general introduction to how to understand a musical score, and insights into what professional musicians do with the notation that these contain. You’ll learn how to connect the notation you see with the music you hear, from short familiar melodies to a full orchestral score...Explore what's involved when musicians create...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs