As a student that had to repeat this module, due to unforeseen circumstances, I already had some idea about the contents of the module and only had to truly study the last 2 study units for the first time. I have always valued music in itself, but before taking this module I hadn't thought too much about it in an educational context. I have used music to calm my ADHD students during class time and can often be found singing in the class and altering lyrics to correct students' behaviour. However, I never really thought about teaching music concepts to learners. Before taking this module my only experience with music as a subject was a class offered once every two weeks that was seen more as a fun period than an actual learning subject by learners. During my school years we received a mark for music on our reports, but nobody ever received a symbol lower than a C or even a B. Skills were hardly tested and I learned very little during these classes, as I took piano lessons as an extra mural.

In my opinion the blogs and the reflection needed to type my blogs were an excellent way to encourage higher order thinking and truly try to understand the content, rather than just memorising a set of facts. The blogs' guiding questions also encouraged me to try to apply the content in a meaningful way and try to come up with practical way to incorporate music and teaching not only music concepts, but utilising music as a teaching tool. As someone who is interested in remedial teaching, the blog also guided me to thinking of new ways to assess learners' understanding by making use of the arts. One challenging aspect of blogging was/is the fact that I am not the type of person that is inclined to blog, despite having created a blog for myself a few years ago (which I only posted one awkward post on). I do feel that the guiding questions included this ear did give me a better idea of what I needed to reflect on and what was expected from the blogs, from an assessment point of view.

If I could change one thing about the module it would be to include more practical examples of teaching about and through music in our class time that is already too little to accommodate the curriculum as is. This is a problem I thought of often during the course of the module and have been unable to find a solution for. It would be useful to see actual lessons or lesson plans where music is used as a teaching tool, whilst still teaching a music concept to learners in a meaningful way. I did however truly enjoy this module overall and the creative process involved in completing assignments.