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
Student-Centered/Teacher-
Centered Classrooms
Teaching people (dispositions) vs. only
subject matter and skill acquisition
Key Ideas about Teaching
Behaviorism
Cognitivism
Humanism
student centered teaching Constructivism
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?
Professional (Personal) Dispositions
Music- What is most valuable to know and do
Your Philosophy of Teaching
How do you see the role of teacher? What do you value as a teacher?
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
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
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 Under-
standing: 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?
Relevance of Music to Students
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
Principles and Practices
John Dewey-School should be "life itself"
Joseph Schwab-4 Commonplaces 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-Behaviorism
Practicing Teachers you observed
or learned about: Nick White and
Pam Gallagher (traditional vs
constructivist) and Brian Franco
(Weedsport Music Industry)
Names associated with Contempo-
rary 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
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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