Abstract

Purpose: With globalization, the need to foster global citizenship with global competencies has increased. The purpose of this study was to propose a music-centered integrated unit design based on big ideas to promote students' learning transfer and foster global citizenship through the pursuit of enduring understanding.
 Methods: The core competencies and learning areas of global citizenship education proposed by UNESCO, as well as the big idea and backward design, were examined through a literature review. The curriculum was analyzed to design a music-centered integrated unit. Big ideas were extracted by analyzing the music, social studies, and moral curriculum for grades 5-6 of the 2022 revised curriculum. A music-centered integrated unit was designed to holistically address UNESCO's cognitive, social, emotional, and behavioral domains.
 Results: Based on the Big Idea of Music's Unique modalities, principles, contexts, and expressions, global Issues, peace and prosperity, a total of fifteen lesson plans integrating music, social studies,and moral studies were developed using the three-step process of backward design outlined by Wiggins and Mctighe. Step 1: Set unit goals to prioritize learning based on the big idea. In Step 2, a performance assessment task, “Work with an NGO to put on a musical play about global peace”, was proposed to check for understanding through assessment. In step 3, Investigating the musical characteristics of countries undergoing cultural conflicts and analyzing musical dramas across multiple cultures to transfer learning based on big ideas. The central task involved composing and performing a musical drama that expressed worldwide conflicts.
 Conclusion: Based on the big idea of global citizenship education, this study proposed a design plan for a total of fifteen music-centered integrated units by integrating music, social studies, and moral studies. Through this study, the author expects students to transfer their learning and understanding in music and other subjects to real-life contexts in an integrated way to enhance their global citizenship skills and cultivate pluralistic values to become global citizens.

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