Open to music education majors only. Current trends in music education will be examined. Topics include effective differentiated instruction, positive classroom management, strategies for working with diverse learners, and examination of major learning theories and principles of cognitive, social, emotional, physical and aesthetic development. This course will also examine a variety of assessment techniques that are used in a music classroom. Assessment tools such as rubrics, rating scales, National Standards, TEKS, STAAR, and TExES will be examined and implemented into lesson planning. Prerequisite: C or better in MUSI 2112.