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Chapter 8
Playing music
Playing music
-Aldous Huxley
This chapter deals with the integration of music to our educational presentations and classroom lessons. It provides a depth description of why should one integrate music. As educator, if you want to make your presentation an experience your student will never forget, and, that will stick straight into their long term memory it is as simple as combining images and music.
According to Burmark, (2011), music is so powerful and broadly applicable. She is totally right about this. As most of us know, research has shown the powerfulness of music in so many ways. It is broadly applicable because you can use it in educational settings. As educators, we can use music to accompany the content delivered in a presentation. In addition, we an use it to enhance our lessons. It would make the learning experience for students totally different and engaging. Playing music in the classroom enhances teachable moments because music helps students to retain information easily. It is up to us how to use it for educational purposes. We can become masters of this by reading this chapter because it provides us with advice, recommendations and techniques to do so. Burmark, (2011), states that musical experiences enrich learning for all students (p.153).
Some of the recommendations are to accompany lesson and presentations [e.g. digital storytelling and slideshows] with music. Also, to use the same music when students are learning material as when the teacher is trying to recall it, since research has shown that this is the best way to get the maximum educational benefits of it. Moreover, as an educator, music should be selected intentionally, thoughtfully and responsibly because it affects their emotions. It has to be always positive because it has a huge impact on them.
While reading this chapter my student teaching experience totally came to my mind. I remembered my first placement [kindergarten]. In kinder, we started every single morning with a song and finish our day with a song. We had music almost the whole day. It was totally amazing and they were enjoying so much, even the shy ones showed their personalities during that time. Children love music and, for sure, I can say that enhances the lessons and improves the way they learn. Also, during my second placement, which was in second grade, one of the teachers I had as my mentors [team teaching system] played music during centers time and while students were taking some tests. I noticed how the music had so much impact on the way they work or behave. I learned so much by reading this chapter. As always, it had so much information that I have never think about before.
References
According to Burmark, (2011), music is so powerful and broadly applicable. She is totally right about this. As most of us know, research has shown the powerfulness of music in so many ways. It is broadly applicable because you can use it in educational settings. As educators, we can use music to accompany the content delivered in a presentation. In addition, we an use it to enhance our lessons. It would make the learning experience for students totally different and engaging. Playing music in the classroom enhances teachable moments because music helps students to retain information easily. It is up to us how to use it for educational purposes. We can become masters of this by reading this chapter because it provides us with advice, recommendations and techniques to do so. Burmark, (2011), states that musical experiences enrich learning for all students (p.153).
Some of the recommendations are to accompany lesson and presentations [e.g. digital storytelling and slideshows] with music. Also, to use the same music when students are learning material as when the teacher is trying to recall it, since research has shown that this is the best way to get the maximum educational benefits of it. Moreover, as an educator, music should be selected intentionally, thoughtfully and responsibly because it affects their emotions. It has to be always positive because it has a huge impact on them.
While reading this chapter my student teaching experience totally came to my mind. I remembered my first placement [kindergarten]. In kinder, we started every single morning with a song and finish our day with a song. We had music almost the whole day. It was totally amazing and they were enjoying so much, even the shy ones showed their personalities during that time. Children love music and, for sure, I can say that enhances the lessons and improves the way they learn. Also, during my second placement, which was in second grade, one of the teachers I had as my mentors [team teaching system] played music during centers time and while students were taking some tests. I noticed how the music had so much impact on the way they work or behave. I learned so much by reading this chapter. As always, it had so much information that I have never think about before.
References
Aldous Huxley quote retrieved from: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/topics/topic_music.html#ixzz1n3e1DNJK
Burmark, L. (2011). They Snooze You Lose: The educator´s guide to succesful presentations. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass
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