Professional Learning
What is professional learning? Well, quite simply, i is learning how to be in a specific profession. This learning frequently occurs outside of the classroom and is often the result of personal projects and goals. As a musician, a large portion of my professional development happens by just doing my job everyday. I am constantly observing other teachers and musicians. This gives me new ideas on how I want to teach (or do not want to teach) in the future. I try to involve myself in as many unique experiences as possible. As a result, I have had the opportunity to work with some fabulous musicians/teachers as well as some who weren't so great. I consider all my observations and use them to make my own teaching style.
The Best Form of Professional Development
I have been blessed with an amazing sister who is 10 years younger than me- so I am able to have a "student" to teach and make music with. Collaborating with her is both fun and insightful. I have learned a lot about how to explain certain concepts/musical ideas and about how to encourage musical decision making. Enjoy or version of "Hallowed Manger Ground" by Chris Tomlin!
The following assignments were completed in my Principals of Music Education class.
Teaching Philisophy | |
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Journal 1- "What is Music Education?" from the begining of the semester | |
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Journal 2- Teaching Metaphor | |
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Journal 3- "What is Music Education?" from the middle of the semester | |
File Size: | 14 kb |
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Journal 4- Response to a music education research project | |
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Journal 5- Analysis of a constructivist classroom | |
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Journal 6- Discussion on "How School Kills Creativity": by Ken Robinson | |
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Journal 7- My views on grading | |
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Journal 8- "What is Music Education?" from the end of the semester | |
File Size: | 14 kb |
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ensemble_project.doc | |
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The following documents are reading responses to "To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher" by William Ayres
Ayers Ch 1 | |
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Ayers Ch 2 | |
File Size: | 13 kb |
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Ayers Ch 3 | |
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Ayers Ch 6 | |
File Size: | 14 kb |
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