Standard #5: Application of Content.
The teacher understands how to connect concepts and use differing perspectives to engage learners in critical thinking, creativity, and collaborative problem solving related to authentic local and global issues.
As a music educator it is important for me to be diverse as a teacher. In my future classrooms it will be very important for me to be able to actively engage my students in the learning process. To do this I will have to be able to know what teaching strategies best teach my students the concepts they need to learn. So when teaching a song for example it will be crucial at the end of my lessons to do an informative assessment of the material that was covered in class that day to see if the students were able to retain the information. Through that informal assessment I will be able to know if a particular teaching strategy is effective for teaching that class of students.
Currently I have completed a class about effective music teaching strategies and am in the middle of another. I have already learned many different teaching strategies and I hope to be able to build on them in the future with my more of my music education classes. I have also continued to strive to be the best musician I can be because the more knowledgeable I am as a musician the easier it is going to bew for me to produce better and more accurate musical knowledge to my future students.
While at Ball State I hope to learn more ways to teach content through my music education classes. I also plan on coupling this by continuing to become the best musician I can be. Ball State will help me achieve both of these as their curriculum encourages both.
Currently I have completed a class about effective music teaching strategies and am in the middle of another. I have already learned many different teaching strategies and I hope to be able to build on them in the future with my more of my music education classes. I have also continued to strive to be the best musician I can be because the more knowledgeable I am as a musician the easier it is going to bew for me to produce better and more accurate musical knowledge to my future students.
While at Ball State I hope to learn more ways to teach content through my music education classes. I also plan on coupling this by continuing to become the best musician I can be. Ball State will help me achieve both of these as their curriculum encourages both.