This course will be a research-based study of the social-psychological variables that influence practical and theoretical aspects of music teaching and learning. Social Psychology is the scientific study of the feelings, thoughts, and behaviours of individuals in social situations and as imagined by the real or imagined presence of other people. Topics covered will include the evolutionary function of music, music as an expression of the human spirit, eudaimonia, musical identity, structural racism, stereotypes, emotions, ethics of care, music therapy during medical assistance in dying, and music teaching as a psychosocial phenomenon.