Thursday, September 1
post 2 module 6
The video discussed how ideas and concepts are retained easier if learned through more than one synaptic passageway in the brain. My example of how I'd teach students through two passagways in their brain is in a music rehearsal class (since I'm in music education). To better help the students learn their part to an orchestral piece in rehearsal, I'll play a professional recording of the piece so they can get an auditory representation of how their playing should sound, and then present a powerpoint presentation to present the phrase structure and form of the orchestral piece so they can also get a visual representation of how their part should sound like.
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I like your ideas, but I think there is another critical way to help students understand what the orchestral piece. I'm not sure what age level you plan to work with, but for beginning learners I have another idea. I am a "hands-on" learner, and I think if you played the piece of music yourself and possibly do it in a slower manner, so that students can see somebody in person play the music and see how fast and the buttons you push. I like your ideas, both ideas I could probably use when I become a Spanish teacher. One way to teach students a Spanish word is by having it said by a speaker on a computer website, but I hadn't thought to use a PowerPoint presentation to actually show the grammar to the word.
ReplyDeleteThis is a good way to help the students learn their parts. However, I also feel that a "hands-on" approach would greatly benefit the students in this situation. I am a PE major and this also applies to my field because if I just tell the kids and show them diagrams they still can't achieve the skills that I'm trying to teach without them actually having to do something physical. This "hands-on" approach would be the best way accompanied with verbal instruction.
ReplyDeleteThose are two great ways of instruction based on the information in the video we watched. A third way, based on what was spoken in the video about persistence would be simply to request a certain amount of pratice for the piece. You could facilitate practice within the classroom and also assign "homework" as well. This would achieve the "hands on" time that the other posters mention.
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