The music teacher in ‘on-the-spot’ musical interactions: A practitioner research study

2021 ◽  
pp. 025576142110615
Author(s):  
Thomas De Baets
Keyword(s):  
Research Study ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Practitioner Research ◽  
Music Teacher ◽  
Working Definition ◽  
Musical Interactions ◽  
School Music ◽  
Good Music ◽  
Conceptual Question

This practitioner research, conducted by a secondary school music teacher, deals with two complementary questions: the conceptual question how one could define the ‘artistry’ of a music teacher in the context of his teaching practice, and the empirical question in how far the music teacher’s actions can determine the quality of the musical interactions with his students. The paper elaborately describes the institutional context for this (doctoral) practitioner research study, and integrates two premises, one regarding the negative image of the school subject music, and another about the vagueness and the ongoing discussions about the required competences of a ‘good’ music teacher. The first question is dealt with in a theoretical way, resulting in a working definition for a music teacher’s ‘artistry’: ‘a music teacher’s “artistry” lies within the extent to which he can apply his musical competences in “immediate” teaching situations’. The second question is studied empirically using a set of qualitative data sources, derived from the practitioner researcher’s teaching practice, that were analysed by means of a self-developed ‘three-dimensional matrix of the music teacher’s real-time teaching actions’. This results in a set of 10 categories in which the music teacher clearly demonstrates ‘unprepared non-routinisedroutinized musical actions’.

Public School Music Teacher

1982 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
Fred Schouten
Keyword(s):  
Public School ◽  
Music Teacher ◽  
School Music

scholarly journals PROTEIN TEACHING: AN APPROACH FOR TEACHER TRAINING APPLIED TO STUDENTS OF THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES COURSE AT UFRN

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
J. K.S. NASCIMENTO et al
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Lesson Plan ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
Educational Models ◽  
Teaching Learning

Teaching biochemistry in higher education is increasingly becoming a challenge. It is notoriously difficult for students to assimilate the topic; in addition there are many complaints about the complexity of subjects and a lack of integration with the day-to-day. A recurrent problem in undergraduate courses is the absence of teaching practice in specific disciplines. This work aimed to stimulate students in the biological sciences course who were enrolled in the discipline of MOLECULAR DIVERSITY (MD), to create hypothetical classes focused on basic education highlighting the proteins topic. The methodology was applied in a class that contained 35 students. Seven groups were formed, and each group chose a protein to be used as a source of study for elementary school classes. A lesson plan was created focusing on the methodology that the group would use to manage a class. The class was to be presented orally. Students were induced to be creative and incorporate a teacher figure, and to propose teaching methodologies for research using the CTS approach (Science, Technology and Society). Each group presented a three-dimensional structure of the protein they had chosen, explained their structural features and functions and how they would develop the theme for a class of basic education, and what kind of methodology they would use for this purpose. At the end of the presentations, a questionnaire was given to students in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the methodology in the teaching-learning process. The activity improved the teacher’s training and developed skills and abilities, such as creativity, didactical planning, teaching ability, development of educational models and the use of new technologies. The methodology used in this work was extremely important to the training of future teachers, who were able to better understand the content covered in the discipline and relate it to day-to-day life.

Overture

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Rena Upitis
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
Inner City ◽  
Music Teacher ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
Teaching Experiences ◽  
School Music ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Elementary School Music ◽  
Opening Section

The opening section of the book describes the relationship between the first edition and the second, written more than thirty years apart, which document the author’s experiences as the elementary-school music teacher at an inner-city school in Boston, Massachusetts. The school partnered with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in a professional development and research project. The author also describes her role as an academic at MIT and relates it to her present university position and to her lifelong work as a music educator. The conversational style of the opening section foreshadows the remaining chapters and the retrospective approach that is taken throughout, as the author explores why the pedagogy described in the first edition has endured so well over the years, not only in terms of her classroom-teaching experiences but also in her role as a preservice educator and music-education researcher.

The simulation of single wraparound fin on a semi-cylindrical missile body

2020 ◽  
Vol 92 (3) ◽  
pp. 418-427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nayhel Sharma ◽  
Rakesh Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Research Study ◽  
Cfd Simulation ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Aerodynamic Coefficients ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics Cfd ◽  
Predicted Values ◽  
Characteristic Trend ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to establish a freestream computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model of a three-dimensional non-spinning semi-cylindrical missile model with a single wrap around fin in Mach 2.70-3.00M range and 0° angle of attack, and ultimately establishing itself for future research study. Design/methodology/approach In this study, the behaviour of flow around the fin was investigated using a κ-ϵ turbulence model of second-order of discretization. This was done using a highly structured mesh. Additionally, an inviscid CFD simulation involving the same boundary conditions have also been carried out for comparison. Findings The obtained values of aerodynamic coefficients and pressure contours visualizations are compared against their experimental and computational counterparts. A typical missile aerodynamic characteristic trend can be seen in the current CFD. Practical implications The predicted values of the aerodynamic coefficients of this single fin model have also been compared to those of the full missile body comprising of four fins from the previous research studies, and a similar aerodynamic trend can be seen. Originality/value This study explores the possibility of the use of turbulence modelling in a single fin model of a missile and provides a basic computational model for further understanding the flow behaviour near the fin.

Democracy in the Middle School Music Classroom

2019 ◽  
Vol 105 (3) ◽  
pp. 17-22
Author(s):  
Amanda R. Draper
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Music Teacher ◽  
General Music ◽  
Music Classroom ◽  
Music Program ◽  
Motivation For Learning ◽  
Traditional Public School ◽  
School Music ◽  
Democratic Principles ◽  
Student Independence

Including democratic principles in a traditional public school general music program can be challenging, but the benefits are significant, including greater student independence and motivation for learning. Democratic practice is both an approach to teaching and an outcome of the experience. It prepares students to be participants in society by providing space for student voices and encouraging students to think deeply and ask challenging questions. It also involves negotiating a rebalance of control in which the music teacher is more of a teacher-facilitator, learning alongside the students and allowing their choices and decisions to be a driving force in the learning process. This article presents one model for incorporating democratic ideals in middle school general music.

Imogen Holst's Music, 1962–84

Tempo ◽  
1988 ◽  
pp. 22-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Tinker
Keyword(s):  
String Quartet ◽  
Women Musicians ◽  
Folk Song ◽  
Music Teacher ◽  
Folk Dance ◽  
Music Department ◽  
School Music ◽  
Enormous Quantity

Few Musicians know of Imogen Hoist's work as a composer. She entered the R.C.M. in 1926, won an open scholarship for composition in 1927, the Cobbett Prize of 1928 with a Phantasy String Quartet, and an Octavia travelling scholarship in 1929. She was in league with the rising number of women musicians in London at the time, composing for the Anne Macnaghten Quartet, Victoria Reid and Sylvia Spencer among others; her works were performed and broadcast along with those of Lutyens and Maconchy. She was also developing her career as a pianist, undertaking much accompaniment work. Neuritis put an end to this, and, as she remained unmarried, she needed to find work to support herself financially. She joined the staff of the English Folk Dance and Song Society and began work as a school music teacher. An enormous quantity of arrangements ensued, most of which were published. As a result, her output became best known in the field of folk song arrangement, either for educational purposes or for the EFDSS. During the 1930's the only compositions she undertook were little pieces to help in her teaching. Her list of compositions did grow substantially in the following decade (during which she founded and directed the music department at Dartington), but the quantity and quality of them remained little recognized.

Even a School Music Teacher Can Be Human

1945 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 46-46
Author(s):  
Ruth Jenkin
Keyword(s):  
Music Teacher ◽  
School Music
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