Standard 7: Planning for Instruction
The teacher draws upon knowledge of all content areas, cross-disciplinary skills, learners, the community, and pedagogy to plan instruction that supports every student in meeting rigorous learning goals.
A successful lesson has a strong dependency on the amount of planning that went into it. It would take some kind of unimaginable talent to be able to teach successfully without some kind of preparation. There are several kinds of methods available to study that were made specifically for music classrooms, such as the Orff method. These methods could be very useful for basing lesson plans of off. But no matter what kind of method or approach is used, it is important to base long term planning in the music classroom on the idea of sound before sight. Sound before sight is the idea that students should experience making music of some kind before looking at how it is notated. This is one of the best ways to get young musicians started because it builds new knowledge (musical notation and vocabulary) on top of previously gained knowledge (Children’s songs or other kinds of music that they would hear day-to-day.) It is also very important for lesson plans to revolve around the students’ participation. Music is easiest to learn when students experience it firsthand, so lesson plans need to account for that.
I feel that I have a strong understanding of what elements are included in a good plan. However, I feel that I can improve in creating creative and practical activities to help students learn. In my time at Ball State, in my MUSE 375 class, we have discussed and placed a special emphasis on preparation for a lesson. I have learned that preparation for class is much more than planning out the lesson for the day. In order to be completely prepared for one of my classes, hours of score study need to be done. I also need to have toolbox with effective teaching strategies in it before students walk into the room. This class gave me a deeper appreciation for what it means to be prepared for class.
In the future, I will improve in this area through consistent reflection of my planning. After a lesson, I will take time to reflect on how effective it was, could there have been an alternative activity/approach that would have been more effective, and if I should restructure the lesson in the future. The goal will always be to provide the best lesson for my students day-to-day, in hopes that it will improve their overall education.
A successful lesson has a strong dependency on the amount of planning that went into it. It would take some kind of unimaginable talent to be able to teach successfully without some kind of preparation. There are several kinds of methods available to study that were made specifically for music classrooms, such as the Orff method. These methods could be very useful for basing lesson plans of off. But no matter what kind of method or approach is used, it is important to base long term planning in the music classroom on the idea of sound before sight. Sound before sight is the idea that students should experience making music of some kind before looking at how it is notated. This is one of the best ways to get young musicians started because it builds new knowledge (musical notation and vocabulary) on top of previously gained knowledge (Children’s songs or other kinds of music that they would hear day-to-day.) It is also very important for lesson plans to revolve around the students’ participation. Music is easiest to learn when students experience it firsthand, so lesson plans need to account for that.
I feel that I have a strong understanding of what elements are included in a good plan. However, I feel that I can improve in creating creative and practical activities to help students learn. In my time at Ball State, in my MUSE 375 class, we have discussed and placed a special emphasis on preparation for a lesson. I have learned that preparation for class is much more than planning out the lesson for the day. In order to be completely prepared for one of my classes, hours of score study need to be done. I also need to have toolbox with effective teaching strategies in it before students walk into the room. This class gave me a deeper appreciation for what it means to be prepared for class.
In the future, I will improve in this area through consistent reflection of my planning. After a lesson, I will take time to reflect on how effective it was, could there have been an alternative activity/approach that would have been more effective, and if I should restructure the lesson in the future. The goal will always be to provide the best lesson for my students day-to-day, in hopes that it will improve their overall education.
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