December 2009
17 posts
Sociology for Music Teachers CH 2
Silky Carter
Sociology for Music Teachers CH 2
How do institutional objectives clash with ‘real’ objectives in schooling today? Why would one call schools a bureaucracy? How have you deal with hierarchy inside bureaucracies?
The Hierarchy of the Department of Education has many layers. There are many divisions to consider; local, state, and federal, the teacher, (vice) principal,...
Bachelors of Music in Education vs Bachelors of...
One of the things covered in our Skype chat with Hidegard Froelich was the difference between the education at schools who offer a degree in Education with a specialization in music, as opposed to schools that offer a degree in Music with a specialization in education. The former focuses primarily on making someone a teacher, and the second focuses on making someone a true musician and performer,...
Yet another Post- reflection
Silky Carter Dated…Reflection
So I was doing some intense thinking and of course it was about this course, other classes, and where all of this will lead me. The truth is it frightens me because the world around me is ever changing, and I don’t know what the future holds. It’s easy to say, I’ll work my ass off, get into Grad school then start teaching but then I’d be...
Lesson Plan Block 10,11,12 Questions and...
Lesson Silky Carter, Westminster Choir College of Rider University
(Do you see what I see, Do you think what I think)
Materials: Computer with internet access, projector connected to computer, Various Arts and Crafts materials, various creative objects that could be used for props
This lesson can be applied to grades 7th- 10th
Objective: Students will be able to ascertain difficulties in...
Silky Carter old post, Block 4,5,6
Accountability and Fear This concept of accountability reminds me of responsibility. Not responsibility or accountability as in taking out the garbage but accountability as in being in total awareness of your mind, body, and actions. Similar to a concept Dr. Jordan describes about body mapping and conducting. A conductor must be aware of everything that he or she is doing and attempting to...
What Can Music do for Me? Chapter 3 Tia deNora
-Lili Koblentz
This blog on the third chapter of Tia deNora relates to my previous blog on chapter 5. In my previous blog, I introduced the major project of the music class where I am completing my Secondary Praxis course. Students were asked ‘What does music do for me?’ Where the fifth chapter deals with a large scale things, like social organization, the third chapter deals with...
DeNora Ch 3
Victoria Neil
12.1.09
MAKE-UP essay
Chapter 3 DeNora
Music is often referred to as a “need”; the women interviewed in this chapter need to settle down, they need to set a mood, or they need to send a message. Often the statement is “what they need or needed”. For example, many say that they would not listen to something upbeat late at night because it is not what they needed,...
Tia Denora: Music as a Device of Social Ordering
Deidre Sheehan
Dr. Schmidt
Critical Pedagogy III
3 December 2009
Tia DeNora: Music as a Device of Social Ordering
Something I was drawn to in Tia DeNora’s article “Music as a Device of Social Ordering” was the data about music used strategically for retail and other such environments. As the use of technology in our society increases, music can be used to market products on TV, in stores, on...
Tia DeNora
Silky Carter
CPIII 12/3/09
Dr. Schmidt
Tia DeNora
Music as technology of self and Music as a Device of Social Ordering is very elusive yet lucid, in that it illustrates how important music is, and how we as musicians, teachers, and regular listeners sometimes take the power of music for granted. We do not understand it but music is truly a part of what makes us who we are. Music can shape and...
Music on a regular
While we use our class discussions to speak about music and the power it has on people on an everyday basis, I can’t help but wonder “how on earth we as music teachers will teach music?” It’s no surprise that the modern world is light years ahead of its game. Not only with technology but with music as well. There are so many new and different types of genres that it makes...
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Expensive wine.
While reading the fifth chapter of Tia DeNora’s Music in Everyday Life, one particular anecdote really shocked me - perhaps without warrant. It was in the section concerning music in a retail context and presented a study that found people would buy more expensive wine and liquor items when “classical” music was playing in the store. This was just one example of the profound psychological, social...
Some Links That I Should Have Posted With My Blog
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=6&ved=0CBkQFjAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.loe.org%2Fshows%2Fsegments.htm%3FprogramID%3D08-P13-00017%26segmentID%3D6&ei=zAkUS__ND5W7lAeqyeWVBA&usg=AFQjCNHhPEpo0zRc22BdVsII56_AWl7vWg&sig2=MG9iARqiVjjQTCtuRwdppQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZXYGIXbN8A
http://www.massukos.com/index.html
http://www.myspace.com/massukos
The Utility of Music
Chapter 5 of Tia deNora’s work parallels quite fortuitously with the topics were are covering in the 6th grade general music classes at John Witherspoon Middle School, where I am completing my Secondary Praxis course. In the classes, we are discussing questions like ‘What can music do for me,’ eventually leading to ‘What can music do for the world.’ The article...
Mirror or Manipulator?
Hannah De Los Reyes Music can be a reflection of our thoughts and an expression of our emotions. We often choose to listen to music that fits and even enhances our mood. For many people today, there seems to be a playlist for every occasion. I recall one example of this when my sister replayed a mix CD of breakup songs over and over while trying to get over her ex-boyfriend. The music seemed to...
Another example of music's affect on social...
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2009543344_music27m.html
XKCD on "The Case of the Retail Sector"
“What, then, of situations - so common in late-modern societies - where the circumstances of music’s deployment are beyond actors’ control?” When reading Chapter 5 of DeNora’s book, my mind went straight to an old XKCD webcomic. It’s a perfect example of all the issues she addresses in her section on retail and music for consumers. Here it is:...
Victoria- Music as a device of social ordering... →
I found this very interesting- an advertisement for a “Kindermusik” class. In it the teacher pitches her school to parents and makes statements that might resmble Karl Orff. She advocates music and creativity as the foundation and the means by which children can build a healthy self-esteem and develop social skills. She also includes specific examples of how the music will assist...
DeNora Ch 5
Victoria Neil
CP III
Blog entry
Ch. 5- Music as a device of social ordering
‘Pools of order’, writes John Law, ‘are illusory.’ Thus the human mind, and therefore human action, can be in large part influenced by extraneous forces around them. These can include the people they see, who they talk to, the tone in which they are addressed and what is said, as well as the location. ...
November 2009
22 posts
The impact of informal music learning practices in... →
Victoria: pop music in education- article →
Froelich Chapter 1
There is any number of reasons why music teachers prioritize being a musician over being a music teacher. The first that comes to my mind is to dissuade the notion of ‘those who can, do; those who don’t, teach.’ Music teachers are not failed musicians, and the idea that we are is offensive. It is unexpected that English teachers are writers, nor that Science teachers are ...
Controversial Rep in the schools
Anna Friars
In our skype discussion, I asked why it is that so many music educators are willing and comfortable with exploring ethnic repertoire, but not so much religous and political repertoire. I realize this is controversial, however, it is extremely important that we expose our students to as much music as possible. Hildegard made a great point in stating that we can not simply introduce...
Who are my students?
Eric Johnson
11.11.09
CP III
In our Skype discussion with her, Dr. Hildegard Froehlich talked about the concept of picking music to be learned and performed within an educational system based on the needs of the students. She believes there must be a balance between the music the music educator picks and the music which already exists in the students’ lives outside of the classroom. Beyond...
Anna Friars Sociology Chapter 1
Why do you think more students aspire to be more freelancing musicians and artists in the studio setting, but don’t always want to translate that into the classroom. Froehlich explains that many musicians aspire to associate themselves more with studio teaching for the freedom, and classroom teaching for financial security. As students in the music education...
Anna Friars
Sociology Chapter 2
Why would parents favor the opinions of a doctor more than that of a teacher, and how do the norms of the classroom play a role in these parent opinions?
Parents tend to feel as though they have some sort of leverage over teachers because they went to school for so many years of their lives. They feel much more comfortable judging a teacher because they are much...
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Hope this is what we were looking for.
- Deidre
second time tryin to post...random but I like... →
Exploring Teacher Identity →
An interesting link on modernism and postmodernism →
Relationship between Job Satisfaction and the... →
Hannah
Teacher Professionalism - Viewpoints on Best... →
Froehlich Chp. 2
Hannah De Los Reyes
One of the main focuses in chapter 2 of Froehlich’s book is the idea there is an issue in our occupational identities when we come to face the facts that teaching is often more of a semiprofessional field within an establishment. There seems to be an issue of autonomy versus the social norms and social roles that we are expected to fulfill within our teaching. I know that...
Learning to drive.
Eric Johnson
11.3.09
CP III
Does Higher education provide an appropriate balance between formal, mediated entry and learning-while-doing? (pg. 30).
This is a very valid question, especially as it pertains to the music education program at Westminster. I am constantly frustrated by great load of educational, psychological and musical theory that must be processed and learned in our time...
Froehlich CH.2 Ricky V.
November 3, 2009
CP III
Dr. Schmidt
Why do teachers often suffer from ‘chronic critique’ from parents, but that is usually not the case with physicians? Are there sociological patterns at play? What might be the roles of SES and Gender issues here?
Many people in this world think that being a music teacher is simple. “Music, oh it can’t be that hard” is what I’ve heard when I employ that I’m...
Sociology Chapter 2
Cait Murach
Critical Pedagogy III
Schmidt
Sociology Response 2
Why do teachers often suffer from ‘chronic critique’ from parents, but that is usually not the case with physicians? Are there sociological patterns at play? What might be the roles of SES and Gender issues here?
Teachers often suffer from chronic critique from parents because they are handling children for multiple hours a day,...
Sociology Chapter 1
Cait Murach
Critical Pedagogy III
Schmidt
Sociology Chapter 1
Why do many music teachers identify themselves as musicians first and music teachers second? Are there sociological causes for this perception?
Many music teachers identify themselves as musicians first and music teachers second because I feel as though many music teachers see teaching as a fall back to their original career...
October 2009
32 posts
One of the greatest wears on a teacher’s mental...
review 10.20.09
Victoria Neil
10.20.09
CP III
Essay- reviewing main points from the semester
Block covers a lot of ground in his book: Community: The Structure of Belonging. As I flip through the pages, I can think back to my own old habits of thinking, and I notice my notes and comments on the text slowly changing. At first I was skeptical, and then I began to realize how everything I see...
Identity Construction for Music Teachers →
Found this in my travels - seemed to fit right in!
- Deidre
Froehlich CH.1 Ricky V.
Music education major or performance major? That is the question? People seem to think that these two professions are worlds apart and along with that, they seem to think that music education majors are far less inferior to those seeking the performance degree. Why is that? It’s assumed that perf. majors get more attention and therefore have the better skills, the better musicianship to be greater...
Laurie Lekang →
Froehlich One. (Johnson)
As I was reading Froehlich’s identification of the different ways we identify ourselves as musicians, I was reminded how differently people view music performance majors and music education majors. I have always felt that at Westminster and other music institutions there is a sort of discriminatory attitude against music education majors. It is assumed that they are not nearly the musicians that...
Response to Froehlich Chp. 1
Hannah De Los Reyes CP III 10/26/09
Response to Froehlich Chapter 1
My initial reaction was to disagree with Froehlich’s statement that the image of music teachers may be “overshadowed by one’s desire to fit into the community of musicians that music schools typically represent” (Froehlich pr. 8). I wanted to say that because there are so many music education students at Westminster, we do not...
On Identity →
Froehlich Ch. 1 Response
The opening chapter of Froehlich’s Sociology text discusses a common problem in undergraduate music students’ perception of their future careers. Few students, she claims, envision themselves as teachers, but almost all hope to become full-time professional performers, living on their talent and their dreams. Many schools of higher education offer degrees in Music Education, but students often...
Article relating to occupational identity →
Hannah
The Semester Thus Far...
Lili Koblentz
Dr. Schmidt
10/20/09
The semester thus far…
These past few weeks of Critical Pedagogy III have been intriguing. The main focus was on the words of Peter Block in ‘Community: The Structure of Belonging.’ At a first glance, the book seemed as if it was very unrelated to our futures as music educators, as the focus was on business managers, not teaching or music....