For a music teacher it seems natural and essential to include music making and therefore active learning techniques in the lesson planning. With the help of the pupils’ activity they engage with the subject and with the material and get a hands-on approach. It is interesting to realise, how pupils autonomously solve problems or ask for advice in the learning process, for example, when they do not know how to notate their music. Normally, notation lessons provoke boredom and are seen as a chore to pupils, but when this problem arises through their independent musical work, problem solving comes naturally as part of the whole. Without much effort, the musical notation becomes relevant to the pupil.
The reason our youth is to be educated is to get a better understanding of life and how to form a better lifestyle for themselves but how are they to comprehend such hard tasks during school that need full concentration when they are texting their friends in the next classroom or listening the newest song on their Ipods ? Truth is they can’t and this affects their learning and school is then worthless. Multitasking by listening to music and trying to understand a teacher’s lesson is too complex to fully process all areas needed during the session of the class. Teachers without distractions such as phones or Ipods find it hard enough to get students attention and with these in the classroom it may be nearly impossible to teach a class a complex issue. The other challenge with iPods and phones is that they contribute to classroom management issues.
When a student is surrounded by “the right crowd”, peer influences tend to better the student. For example, a student may give advice on how to play a difficult piece of music for music class, or a student could witness a good deed being done by a friend and feel the urge to do the same later that day. Most of the time, school teaches students about facts, but, on the other hand, friends and peers teaches students about life skills that can benefit them for life. Students
Music lessons cultivate a wide range of skills. Playing an instrument requires fine motor skills, practice, knowledge of a musical system and emotional intelligence to convey the piece's message. Developing regular practice habits in each of these areas can aid children outside the music room by reinforcing study routines that reward the time put into learning a new skill. The process is also much like going to school in that the music student is learning interactively, whether in a group or one-on-one environment. Smaller classrooms have been shown to increase learning potential, and therefore these smaller, individualized sessions help develop increased learning aptitude and attention.
Music helps optimal brain neuron development and circuitry. It expands multiple intelligences and helps students transfer study. Music improves understanding homework and enables a higher level of concentration. Children who study music usually have a better attitude. So think about how bad school would be without art, P.E., or music around.
These sessions at the library would provide them with a quiet environment to learn and get a better understanding of their work. Parents should also be of help to their child when they are studying because there may be some materials the child doesn’t know, and having them there can be helpful. Having these study sessions could prepare the child for tests and keep them in good condition for class. Study sessions are a way to begin studying early, so that when the test is distributed the child is well prepared. Next, the parents could have their children review their work at the end of every week.
Research shows that using arts integration as a tool for academic gains “makes students want to learn” (Cornett, 2011, p. 36, para 1). In fact, Eric Booth, a music educator of Julliard, Stanford, and The Kennedy Center examines many aspects of being a teaching artist and states “artistic engagement does something catalytic to a learner (Booth). It has positive cognitive, literacy, math, motivational, and social effects; it also engages a wide range of learners. I have specifically focused on my research on the effects arts integration has on literacy and learned that students exposed to and engaged in the arts across the curriculum perform much better “in six categories of literacy and critical thinking skills” (Kennedy 2006, para 3). I discovered that
Secondly, some students argue that they are so busy for learning; sports and music training that they don’t have time to involve the community service. In my opinion, the community service once a month does not affect the student’s learning. On the contrary, volunteering will bring much broader than A’s and B’s, and empower their confidence for academic success. Conrad and Hedin’s review of community involvement research in K-12 educational settings provides evidence that such educational programming is associated with students’ civic-related learning outcomes – notably, self-esteem, appreciation for diversity, responsibility toward the community and so on.
But I’ll stop talking about how is school there. The start time may be good for some students who are having practice and they’re in a team. For the “normal” students may no be convenient at all, because in the mornings they want more sleep, some of the facts that may be considered to change the start time is that most student may do a lot better at school because they’re awake; there will be less sleeping in class, and the ones who fall asleep are the one that have a job and they can’t get enough sleep during the night. Students will be more active, happy and less dark circles. It may be convenient to the teachers too, they will have more rest after all the work during the day, and teachers happy and in a better mood will leave you less homework and the teaching techniques could involve more learning, more projects because you have energy.
One reason i think a longer school day is better than having homework is because students can work harder on trying to do their work and not rush through it to get it over with so they won't have to do it for homework. Another reason i think having a longer school day would be better is because when the students need help, their teachers will be right there to help them instead of being outside the school not knowing how to do something. I also think the students will get the opportunity to play more sports, hang out with friends and do the things they love and enjoy doing. Homework doesn't have these good advantages. This is what the students would particurally like, but what about the parents?