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Direct linkScott, Sheila J. – General Music Today, 2012
Stacy McKenzie is challenged to find new ways to involve students in their learning. She begins this journey by developing a lesson planning framework based on constructivist principles for learning. The perspectives Stacy applies in her program are shared in this article: First, by examining how she crafts a lesson framework that provides…
Descriptors: Music Education, Lesson Plans, Educational Opportunities, Constructivism (Learning)
Whitcomb, Rachel; Berger, Linda M.; Schmidt, Catherine – General Music Today, 2011
In this article, the authors share their recent experiences with a fourth grade general music classroom in China as members of the "People-to-People Ambassador Program". They provide a description of the types of musical activities they observed at Aiju Primary School in Shanghai in December 2009 by sharing the content of one specific lesson. The…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Music Education, Music, Asian Culture
Pascale, Louise Mary – General Music Today, 2011
Teaching songs from a wide variety of cultures is commonplace in music classrooms around the United States. Students gain understanding of and insight into a wide range of cultures by singing their songs and listening to their music. The Afghan Children's Songbook Project is a project focused on preserving and returning traditional songs,…
Descriptors: Music, Cultural Awareness, Service Learning, Grade 5
de Frece, Robert – General Music Today, 2010
This article outlines a sequential approach to unit and lesson planning for conceptual teaching in general music classes. Guidelines for the writing of well-articulated instructional objectives are provided. Two appendices show models of a unit plan and a lesson plan in which the assessment of objectives is clearly tracked and alternative…
Descriptors: Sequential Approach, Teaching Methods, Music Education, Educational Strategies
Turner, Mark E. – General Music Today, 2006
This article describes the author's experience of adopting a child-centered approach to his pedagogy. The approach has created many teachable moments for his students and has improved the quality of their musical interactions. The article also presents ideas and strategies about child-centered, problem-based learning applied to the elementary…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Problem Based Learning, Music, Music Education
Marshall, Herbert D. – General Music Today, 2005
The article focuses on learning music among children. It is said that in general music, many concepts are introduced to young students. Most teachers have learned the mental health survival skill of teaching the appropriate use of an outdoor voice, an indoor voice, and a whisper voice. Tempo is much the same argument as volume. (Contains 2…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Music Education, Music Teachers, Grade 3
