MUSIC 23241: MUSIC TEACHING AS A PROFESSION
Mr. Marcus L. Neiman, Assistant Professor
Kent State University School of Music
Fall, 2011
CRN: 200910 – Section number: 001 – Class Days: TR 7:45a – 8:35 am - Classroom: SOM E202
Office: Band Office - 330.672.2965 - Telephone: 330.672.2965 (Kent Campus) - E-mail: mneiman@kent.edu
Office Hours: TR 9:00 – 9:55 am (Additional hours available by appointment)
BlackBoard and Text Readings
Submitted by: Ryan Critchfield
Submitted for: Mr. Marcus L. Neiman, lecturer
Date: October 6, 2011
Pages 22-26.
Summary of the Article: Hayslett spends this article on the importance of the national standards of music education. They can be found through M.E.N.C., and although they should be used as intended, they can be changed to fit your curriculum and are a good guide to what you should accomplish as a music educator. In large service ensembles he notes that not all of the standards can always be met, but they should not be overlooked completely. He proposes guidelines that would not only help the students learn each individual standard, but ways to teach multiple ones at once.
He suggests exercises with rhythm and clapping, and learning dynamic and articulation markings by name, and how to play them correctly. Another good idea is his call and respond method where either the teacher or another student plays something, and another student responds with something that is similar. Self criticism and review of the ensemble is also important, so that the student knows what is right, what is wrong and how to fix something that is wrong. He also says to teach not just the music, but the culture that it comes from and represents. All of these and more are talked about within the article.
Personal statements: This article gave me guidelines on how to teach the basics of music with the limited time I might have during an ensemble. I plan to conduct a school orchestra in the future, and with that usually comes a very limited amount of rehearsal time, and this allowed me to think of ways to educate my students during that time. The concept of self review is an important one, because if a student has to constantly be told what is wrong instead of hearing and knowing what is wrong, they will not be able to improve by themselves. I think that the national standards are very important, and I am glad other educators use them more as guidelines than rules written in stone. I think every aspect of music should be taught to a group, because the sign of a good musician is more than playing well, it is playing well and knowing what you are playing as far as its structure, historical value, expression, and everything else about it other than just the note names.
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