Stewards MKMCF Makopan Memorial College

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Stewards MKMCF Makopan Memorial College

• Music Education Development
• Sharing session
• Time 800-900

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Stewards MKMCF Makopan Memorial College

• Music Education Development
• Programme Rundown
• Welcoming message 800-810
• Music sharing
  810-820
• Music Ed Development sharing 820-850
• Q A
  850-900

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Stewards MKMCF Makopan Memorial College

• Music Education Development
• Importance of Music Education
• Framework
• strengths
• partners

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The Value Of Music Education In MKP
Common language Transcends age and
cultures Ways to understandand share our
emotions Connects and promotes empathy among
people
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IMPORTANCE OF MUSIC EDUCATION

• Music Education Helps Develop
• Hand-Eye Coordination
• Memory Skills
• Concentration
• Problem Solving Skills
• Teamwork
• Self-Confidence/Self Esteem
• Standards of Excellence
• Time Management Skills

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4 Categories of Benefits for Music Education

1. Success in Society
2. Success in School
3. Success in Developing Intelligence
4. Success in Life

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How Music Connects to the Core Subject Areas
AND...
Research Ideas Used in the Music Classroom
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MUSIC AND.....
MATH
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Music and Math

• Spatial/temporal relationships in music exist as
  pitch and rhythm patterns
• The cognitive skills used to process music are
  used in math as well
• It can help students understand math concepts
  such as number lines.
• Gardiner, 1996

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Music and Math

• Young children were taught fractions using
  concept of rhythmic notation-relationships
  between different note values
• Rauscher, 1999

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MUSIC AND SCIENCE
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Music and Science

• Instruments and Science
• Size and Pitch
• Large instruments have low sounds
• Small instruments have high sounds
• The opportunities to connect music to science are
  ENDLESS!!!

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Music and..
Liberal Studies
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Music and Liberal Studies

• Happens often when teaching/learning songs about
• Countries
• Continents
• States
• Game songs from other cultures
• Folk dances from around the world

• While learning these songs, we also learn
• Games
• Dances
• Instruments-both Western and Chinese
• Rhythms
• Songs in native languages
• History of Western music and world music

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Music and..
Reading!
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Music and Reading

• Both music and reading rely on the discrimination
  of sounds from each other
• When learning to read, we learn how to relate
  letters to their spoken sounds

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In the Music /Band Room Your Child Has the
Opportunity to

• Perform for others
• Create rhythms and melodies,
• Listen to music from many cultures and time
  periods
• And much, much more!

• Learn how to sing
• Learn how to read music
• Learn how to play instruments
• Learn musical games
• Learn important musical terms

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Music Is

• Scienceit is exact, specific, and demands
  acoustics.
• Mathematicalit is rhythmically based on
  subdivisions of time into fractions
• Foreign Languageterms are often in Italian,
  German, or French. Notation is a set of symbols
  used to represent ideas that everyone, regardless
  of language can understand

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Music Is

• Chinese History/History reflects the times,
  country, and origin of its creation
• Physical Education coordination of eyes, hands,
  fingers, lips, voice, facial, and diaphragm
  muscles in response to the sounds heard and
  interpreted
• Visual Art Use all of the technical aspects of
  music to create emotion and beauty

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Scientific Research Shows Music Study Helps
Young Brains Develop...

• Music is a basic building block of intelligence
• Playing music develops critical neural connections

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Benefits of Music Study...

• Improves Spatial Reasoning
• Improves Flexibility of Thought
• Builds Abstract Reasoning Skills
• Develops Good Work Habits

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High School Music Makers Test Scores Higher

• Dept. of Educ. tracked 25,000 students over ten
  years
• Music-making students outperformed non-musical
  peers
• Results same for all socio-economic groups

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Music Students Score Higher SATs

• Average 57 points higher in verbal
• Average 41 points higher in math

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Music Students Enjoy Greater College Success

• Music majors are better readers
• Music majors are most successful Medical school
  applicants
• Some advantages in applying JUPAS