Personal Learning Plan 9/8/2010
1. What are you working on in terms of...
2. What learning goals would you like to focus on this year? What fierce wonderings would you like to pursue through this program and your research?
I would like to focus on giving the students the tools they need to successfully practice and progress on their instrument. I feel that there many schools that I learned from practice routines in my life that allowed me to be successful in new classes, with new sports, and of course with learning how to play different instruments and music. I also would like to focus on communication with parents and develop an educational program for parents whose students are starting to learn an instrument for the very first time. Research can allow me to understand what parents and students are going through while in a music program. How can music programs be more user friendly? What can directors teach parents that will inspire students to be motivated to practice? I saw a saying in a band room one time, it said something like...”Practice does not make Perfect....Perfect practice makes perfect performance.
I also have many questions about how learning an instrument helps students to better understand math. I wonder what the data would look like for the students I have in my classes that complete 3 years of band or orchestra. Do they score better on tests? Are they more sociable with others? How do students perceive their progress in their playing? Self-Reflection is something that I have heavily bennefited from in music and in teaching. Do students use self-reflection? How can we start these skills in middle school students? Will they see a positive benefit with their progress in their academic studies and instrumental skills/technique.
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- The craft of teaching and working with students?
- Being a teacher leader and collaborating with collegues?
2. What learning goals would you like to focus on this year? What fierce wonderings would you like to pursue through this program and your research?
I would like to focus on giving the students the tools they need to successfully practice and progress on their instrument. I feel that there many schools that I learned from practice routines in my life that allowed me to be successful in new classes, with new sports, and of course with learning how to play different instruments and music. I also would like to focus on communication with parents and develop an educational program for parents whose students are starting to learn an instrument for the very first time. Research can allow me to understand what parents and students are going through while in a music program. How can music programs be more user friendly? What can directors teach parents that will inspire students to be motivated to practice? I saw a saying in a band room one time, it said something like...”Practice does not make Perfect....Perfect practice makes perfect performance.
I also have many questions about how learning an instrument helps students to better understand math. I wonder what the data would look like for the students I have in my classes that complete 3 years of band or orchestra. Do they score better on tests? Are they more sociable with others? How do students perceive their progress in their playing? Self-Reflection is something that I have heavily bennefited from in music and in teaching. Do students use self-reflection? How can we start these skills in middle school students? Will they see a positive benefit with their progress in their academic studies and instrumental skills/technique.
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