Critique Current / Dominant Ideas and the Current

Music Education Paradigm - Explore New

Possibilities so as to drive the profession forward
Framework: A structural
organizer or model that
helps us understand a
larger concept, its key
components and how to
utilize and apply them: 4
Commonplaces,
Bloom's Taxonomy,
Orientations of Learning,
Learning Theories, Root
Metaphors
Teaching the way we were taught or
engaging in personal growth and
evolution as a new teacher??
Key Ideas about Schooling
How does each type of classroom
drive or affect assessment?
Student-Centered/Teacher-
Centered Classrooms
Teaching people (dispositions) vs. only
subject matter and skill acquisition
"Seeing the Student" Ayers, Ch 2
Key Ideas about Teaching
Behaviorism
Cognitivism
Humanism
student centered teaching Constructivism
Visual, Aural, Kinesthetic Learning Styles and Modalities
Key Ideas about Learning
Exploring the current paradigm
of music education
Key Ideas about Subject Matter (MUSIC)
Exploring how the environment
we create can lead to learning
(Ayers, Ch 3)
Key Ideas about Contexts / Environments
Educational Theory
Your personal teaching metaphor
(Growth, production and travel)
How you view yourself Teaching role
Teacher or student centered
classrooms?
How should learning take place?
In us AND our students Professional (Personal) Dispositions
Music- What is most valuable to know and do
What constitutes good teaching and how
will it happen in my classroom?
Your Philosophy of Teaching
How do you see the role of teacher? What do you value as a teacher?
The importance of questioning the norm
and the way things have been
Are my beliefs static? Or am I
willing to embrace change and
explore new ideas?
Teacher's Beliefs
How/why we advocate for our profession
Understanding misconceptions
of music education and why.
Exploring ways we can
remedy misunderstandings of
our profession
Advocacy in Music Education
Common Core, APPR
Educational Mandates that have
effects on Music Ed
Exploring their use, intended
learning outcomes and question-
ing what they are (Allsup/
Westerlund article excerpts)
Kodaly, Orff, Gordon, Dalcroze
and other widely used methods
Grammars of Schooling
The way we were taught may
not be the best way to teach
What have we learned from our own
experiences as a student in K-12 and
how can it inform us now?
Being cognizant of music ed history, movements
and ideas - Learn from past
Visual, Kinesthetic and Auditory Learning Modalities
Left/Right Brained
The way people learn matters in
deciding effective instruction
that can illustrate 21st century
music education
Ken Robinson Creativity
Technology
Relevance to students' lives
How should we teach in the future?
Educational History and Vision
Teachers
Learners
Subject Matter
Contexts
4 Commonplaces and their
utility in your life as a teacher
NYS Standards any how they are used
National Standards in the Arts
and how they are used
Types of Instruction
Checking for Understanding:
why and how
Lesson Plan
Formats/Frames
Bloom's Taxonomy
How to
plan (long
term vs
day to day)
Instruction/What to consider
Differences between curriculum
and standards
Parent Communication and its importance
Summative and Formative
Alternative ways to assess
Checking for Understand-
ing: why and how
Assessment
Edmodo, composition software,
smart music, etc...
Transparency for
your program
Use of Technology in the
Classroom
Meetings, colleagues, administration, parents, Behind the scenes
Teacher Behaviors/Duties
Curriculum and Instruction
The other 80% who
don't participate.
Why? And how can
we include them?
The importance of examining the
current music ed paradigm
Relevance of Music to Students
and why it's taught
Grammars of Schooling,
Grammars of Music Education
Why and How Advocacy of Music
Uses of Technology
Tools in the classroom that
speak to 21st century teaching
Culture, Community and Contexts
Teachers
Learners
Subject Matter
Contexts
4 Commonplaces
Practical, Personal, Academic,
Technological
Orientations of Teaching
Transmitter
Facilitator
Collaborator
Roles of Teachers
Production, Growth, Travel 3 Root Metaphors for analyzing Teaching
Active or Passive?
Teacher Centered or
Student Centered
classrooms?
Roles of
Students
Convergent
vs Divergent
Thinking
Skills
Blooms' Taxonomy
Ex: Outline for Direct Instruction
and the one we examined and you
created for short teaching
Formats for Specific Lesson Plans that exist
Principles and Practices
John Dewey-School should be "life itself"
Joseph Schwab-4 Common-
places of teaching
William Ayers-Text Author and
Proponent of Learner Centered Schooling
Benjamin Bloom-Taxonomy
Teaching
the way we
were taught
Eunice Boardman
Alfie Kohn-Ed Reform
Jean Piaget- Constructivism/
Schema Theory
Maslow-Humanistic Psychology
(Hierarchy of Needs)
Ken Robinson-Creativity in schools
Elliot Eisner-Assessment
Skinner/Watson-Behaviorism
Practicing Teachers you observed or
learned about: Nick White and Pam
Gallagher (traditional vs constructivist)
and Brian Franco (Weedsport Music
Industry)
Jacqueline Brooks- Constructivism
Names associated with Contem-
porary Educational Thought
4 State Tests
Fingerprinting
Master's Degree
Observation Hours
NYS certification requirements
What will it show about me and my
interests as a teacher?
Creation of a personal
Website and it's long term
importance for my growth
Dispositions you can cultivate in yourself
now
The importance of joining a
professional organization
Potential
Employment
and what
can I do
right now to
get ready
Grade Pt Average
Level A
Dispositions
Observation hours
Sophomore
Evaluation
and require-
ments
Getting Ready for the future
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