bloom's taxonomy in music education

Tools Used: Articulate Storyline, Canva, Googledrive

I decided to design this course after having a conversation with my previous Head of Department, a music teacher who also looks after the Early Career Teachers (ECTs) in her school setting.  She explained that some ECTs have a low ability level in terms of confidently planning effective lessons quickly and efficiently.  

As an experienced music teacher I wanted to help new teachers with core lesson planning.  I spoke to the HOD as an SME and I also felt confident that I could bring my experience to the course design process. 

Problem: ECTs are not confident in relating learning pedagogies with subject specific skills.

Solution: An on-demand training video which can be viewed as many times as required recapping the pedagogy and giving examples of its uses. 

1: Identify the goal:

Enable music ECTs to quickly and efficiently plan effective lessons.

LO 1: Identify the 6 stages of Bloom's Taxonomy.

LO2: Understand how to match musical skills with each level.

LO3: Create effective and scaffolded learning experiences in music

2: Presentation:

An interactive presentation with a final game to check knowledge and understanding. 

Available on demand and repeatable to cater for a teacher's busy timetable. 

4: Interactive Elements:

Click to Reveal, Drag and Drop, Match ups and Spot Questions, where learners create a real life lesson plan to be taken away and used, or utilised as a template for other topics.  Learners have multiple attempts. 

Culminates in a Jeopardy Style game to test understanding of the levels and their use in musical skills.  Learners can win and lose points and a constant score is displayed on screen. 

After completing the course I shared it with my HOD who confirmed it would be a very useful resource for schools and training establishments to offer.  She advised that a downloadable resource would be a good addition so I created these PDFs and will be adding them to the Resources Tab on the course.