Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Reflection questions for Chapters 5 and 6
Reflection questions for Chapters 5 and 6
1. What are some of the social functions of music? How do such functions differ from the aesthetic, artistic function of music?
2. How does socio-economic status affect the kinds of music people know and like?
3. What does the desire of adolescents to develop feelings of competence through their own music, style of speech, and the like indicate in respect to the actions music teachers should take regarding popular music?
4. What is creativity? What traits appear to be related to creativity? What evidence is there that learning to work within a strict structure is the best way to encourage creativity? What evidence is there that learning without any restrictions is the best way to encourage creativity? Why should all students be encouraged to attempt creative activities? What are some procedures music teachers can employ to encourage creativity in music class?
Monday, February 9, 2009
Important dates for MUSC373
Starting from Feb. 16 (16, 18, & 20)--we will be doing teaching presentation. Your final lesson plan is due in class on Monday (Feb. 9). If you need to use the lesson plan while teaching your lesson, you need to prepare an extra copy for yourself.
Test#1:
Feb. 25--review session to go through everything that's going to be on the test.
Feb. 27--Test#1 (we'll use the entire class to do the test). Let me know ahead of time if you require extra time to take this test.
Individual tutor session will be available if you let me know no later than Feb. 20. I will arrange a tutor for you to work with during the week of Feb.23. Lynda and I are also available for extra help for musical fundamentals. Contact either of us, we'll do our best to help you get the concepts.
