Introduction to Music Education

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Introduction to Music Education

• Characteristics of an Effective Music Teacher
• Miksza - 2008

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Just what does it mean to say that teaching is
effective?

• 10 Characteristics, qualities

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Characteristics/qualities to consider

• Reaches individuals
• Promotes life-long learning
• Yields student success
• Mastery of pedagogical skills
• Master conductor
• Develops a strong, positive relationship with
  students
• Transmits knowledge
• Can explain complicated ideas
• Motivated people to learn
• Exhibit some special set of behaviors
• Enthusiastic and charismatic
• Is creative
• Is flexible

• Knowledgeable of content
• Devoted to student success
• Knows how to provide constructive yet positive
  feedback
• Can manage the classroom environment and student
  behavior
• Can create a safe and positive learning
  environment
• Is thoroughly prepared
• Incorporates student ideas
• Sets clear and attainable goals
• Has multiple ways of assessing whether goals are
  met

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Ideas from reading

• Master Teachers

• Intuitive sense of what to do when
• Select goals of high worth
• Have creative ways to meet those goals
• Use extraordinary methods and strategies to reach
  those goals
• Leave a lasting influence on students

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Ideas from reading (cont.)

• Theatrics

• Incorporate drama
• Storytelling
• Acting skills enthusiasm, charisma
• Staging working on similar objectives with a
  variety of strategies

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Ideas from reading (cont.)

• May work harder or in a more driven manner than
  the rest of their colleagues
• Get great pleasure and satisfaction from their
  teaching and students
• Proud of their accomplishments
• Confident in their abilities

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What do first-year teachers think (Fredrickson
Hackworth)

• General suggestions
• Be able to model musical concepts
• Have multiple ways of communicating an idea
• Be flexible and alter your plan if necessary
• Be able to individualize material to students
• Have appropriate goals and expectations

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What do collegiate music teachers think (Rohwer
Henry, Teachout)

• Teaching, Musical, Personality
• Teaching skills classroom management, clear
  instructions, pacing, eye contact, organization,
  use of questioning
• Personality Motivational, positive attitude,
  confidence, maturity, leadership, stress
  management, patience, sense of humor
• Musical Expression, error detection,
  sight-reading, theory/history, performance,
  conducting, singing, piano, transposition

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What do Colorado Band Directors Think? (Miksza,
Roeder, Biggs)

• See handouts

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Is it innate or learned?

• Which of the characteristics of an effective
  teacher are innate or intuitive and cannot easily
  be learned?
• Which of the characteristics of an effective
  teacher are skills that can easily be learned?

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Artistic teaching

• Which of the characteristics of an effective
  teacher represent the artistic or performance
  side of teaching?
• Teaching at its best is an artistic endeavor
  true or false

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2-Minute Paper

• Briefly synthesize and summarize todays
  discussion and turn it in
• Answer these three questions
• What to you are the three most important
  qualities of an effective teacher?
• Do you believe that some people are just born to
  be master teachers or that master teaching is a
  quality that can be learned?
• What is artistic about teaching?

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Assignment

• For your portfolio incorporate all notes and
  ideas on your writing and deliver your highest,
  clearest writing possible
• Take 2 pages and discuss your personal, musical,
  and pedagogical qualifications for being a
  successful teacher
• Take 2 pages to identify some specific goals for
  improvement that are meaningful to your
  development as an effective teacher
• Identify specific strategies/action plans that
  you will implement to accomplish your
  professional development goals THIS year