Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Class discussion: August 29, 2006
Here is a copy of your answers to the questions we discussed today in class.
What questions do we need to ask or what do we need to know in order to plan a secondary general music class?
What questions do we need to ask or what do we need to know in order to plan a secondary general music class?
- Find out what the students already know
- Start from where the students are at
- Know where you want students to go
- Know where the students are from and where they are going
- Who are your students? (socio-economic, musical lifeworlds)
- What does the community value?
- Asks questions - talks with students, not at.
- Being enthusiastic
- Open-minded - musically
- Knows students' music
- Variety of lessons & experiences - radio shows, fight songs
- Knows the structural characteristics of students' music