A gathering at the end of the semester where presenters for the center talk about the work they have went over within the past year. Davina Miaw - Teaching abroadDavina talked about teaching and studying abroad. The experiences she had expanded her ideas of what teaching is, from Davina's presentation we learned that this all started from just an idea. We take ideas like this and turn them into purpose with the steps we take to make our dreams come true. When we talked about our experiences, it's a whole new level when you take it to a new country. Davina said that she experienced norms that she thought she would never see before, these forever sculpted her idea of what a public school education can be. Sophie Harrison & Rebecca Kenaga - music with juvenile youthRebecca and Sophie did their research in the prisons working with younger minds. Through this experience they were teaching music and creating hobbies for students who have been removed from society. I very much enjoyed this project because I really think that they are changing lives so much through this project. I think that everybody deserves an opportunity to make music. Music helps people in times like this become the person they are trying to become. I know that most people when coming out of prison feel closed off from the world but music and teachers like this are the reason these people turn around and really show the world that they are something special. Timothy DeSimone - Identity and Restorying the Museum Tim in his research goes over the identity of students as well as a way to look at the history of our students and their abilities going forth. He used examples such as a fake student named Hank and talked about how his identity can sometimes be predetermined based on what he already likes and how we should avoid that. He also talked about black history and how they helped develop our country and we should talk about them more because they are an important part of US history just as the founding fathers are. He also made a point that we should refer to them as enslaved people in order to make sure we are still acknowledging the stories and legacies they have contributed too.
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Students can use their diverse backgrounds to contribute new elements to the lesson.
Music making and learning through electronics will have a focus on backgrounds
Students will have a sense of a composing process that they can grow on past elementary school.
Students will feel welcomed in every experience due to the culture and routine of the classroom.
Discussing Race and Racism in Music Education with Amy LewisWhen at Amy Lewis’s presentation we discussed the causal racist norms that are in today's music classrooms. We talked about understanding that racism is buried into a lot of common assumptions and views in music. Amy talked about how some of her teachers assumed she liked rap music because she was black for example, she also talked about encouraging having discussions about race in the classroom and that it's okay to be uncomfortable and to explore why something like this makes us uncomfortable and try and replace that with curiosity. I thought this was very enlightening because I am a white male and I am one of the least likely to be put in these kinds of stipulations today. I am always learning more about what is an expectation and what racism is buried in somebody's brain. Music Composition in the 21st Century ClassroomWhen in this session we talked about composing music in a non-traditional sense. We played a lot of games that involved music games that would be student composed pieces. One game was us being grouped up into 4 groups and we sang rhythms of state names that we picked in our group and then we did them in cannon. I thought this was a new and very casual way to compose and I was impressed that something like that went so smoothly because I never imagined that something like that would make sense or work but it did. |
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February 2021
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