Role of Music Educators in Teaching Profession

What is Your Role as a Music Teacher? Music Teaching as a Profession Teacher as Professional Teacher as Technician Active Learning Reflection The Journey from Music Student to Teacher

Is teaching a profession? The Journey from Music Student to Teacher

Attributes Model Possession of a specialized body of knowledge and techniques Establishment of a standardized course of training for imparting the specialized knowledge. Testing of applicants for knowledge and competence upon completion of training, followed by the granting of licenses to practice. Licensed practitioners hold a legal occupational status that guarantees them a monopoly over their sector of the market. Autonomy from direct supervision and the substitution of collegial control in place of hierarchical control. The Journey from Music Student to Teacher

What about Music Educators? Possession of a specialized body of knowledge and techniques. YES MAYBE Establishment of a standardized course of training for imparting the specialized knowledge. Testing of applicants for knowledge and competence upon completion of training, followed by the granting of licenses to practice. NO Licensed practitioners hold a legal occupational status that guarantees them a monopoly over their sector of the market. Autonomy from direct supervision and the substitution of collegial control in place of hierarchical control. The Journey from Music Student to Teacher

A Different Way Teacher as Professional or Teacher as Technician The Journey from Music Student to Teacher

Subject Matter Technician Professional Decisions driven by outside sources Decisions based upon ways the lesson extends the students current understandings As part of the first day in class, a teacher asks students to take the index card they are given and list any previous musical experiences they have had. She also asks students to list two things in the back of the card they would like for the teacher to know about him or her. Few questions about scope and sequence Are these the actions of a teacher acting as a technician or as professional? Consider the child s overall cognitive, emotional, and moral development Why? The Journey from Music Student to Teacher

Pedagogy Technician Professional A young band director introduces his middle school band to a great piece of music that he played when he was in school. The rehearsal does not go well because students in this 3A rural school do not understand what they need to know to play this piece. The director is upset and tells his band, I am not sure what is wrong. This is an easy piece of music. We played this all the time when I was in school Rely on teaching recipes to be applied in any setting Recognition that children learn differently Work past day-to-day activities to identify the particular needs of students Assume that one should teach as he/she was taught without examining the process Why? Are these the actions of a teacher acting as a technician or as professional? Work to make education relevant to students lives The Journey from Music Student to Teacher

Assessment Technician Professional View assessment as an event that takes place at the end of instruction Rehearsal Order The work that starts in d minor and modulates to F Major The work that has an ostinato in measures 17-31. The work composed by a baroque composer Multiple forms of assessment are use before, during, and after instruction Students walk into class to see the following on the board: Reliance on external sources for assessment Assessment used to inform student and teacher Instruction aimed at assessment Realization that students are more complex than any one assessment can measure Are these the actions of a teacher acting as a technician or as professional? Why? The Journey from Music Student to Teacher

Social Impact Technician Professional Consider only what is happening in their classroom/environment and do not consider outside forces Consider thinking about education and youth culture when making decisions A guitar teacher has his 12-step lesson plan for introducing nonlinear technique to the class. When he reaches step 4 in the plan, students are already demonstrating the full technique correctly, but the teacher simply moves on to step 5 because he does not want to leave something out and to make sure that he covers everything. So he asks students to stop what they are doing and follow his instruction. Note the external forces that impact learning Little modification of instruction Cover material Consider their responsibility to the whole of the child s life Are these the actions of a teacher acting as a technician or as professional? Why? The Journey from Music Student to Teacher

Major Duple What would you need to change to What is the difference between active and passive learning? NOTE: This is a slide for a rote tune teaching exercise to demonstrate the difference between passive and active learning. Any activity that highlights this difference can be used here. Perform this as a march? Perform this like Bruno Mars? Is doing active? If so, why? If not, why not? Perform this in a more homophonic texture? When did this lesson change from passive learning to active learning? Why is it so important that learners be engaged in active learning? The Journey from Music Student to Teacher

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