One effective method for me is playing music while writing essays for English. I have found that this type of music is a fantastic way to become inspired and it aids in intellectual development. As a musician I have always gone to music when I am lacking inspiration and it has never failed me. Whenever I have an essay to write for English, the first thing I do is start up my music. Writing is not a challenging task for me but it does demand a certain imaginative spark that I find in music.
Having these basic fundamentals down allows the musician to more accurately play the music and sight read better. Throughout high school, I developed these skills until it didn’t take much thought for me to play my major scales up and down full range, then blast through my chromatic scale. I even practiced all forty-eight minor scales. It was the combination of learning to read music as well as performing it
“When we love a piece of music, it reminds us of other music we have heard, and it activates memory traces of emotional times in our lives. Your brain on music is all about, as Francis Crick said, connections.” What is music? Many of us have distinctive definitions of this complex term because it plays a unique role in each of our lives. Daniel J. Levitin, the author of This Is Your Brain on Music, looks at music from a neuropsychological perspective. How music affects us is connected through our brains neurochemistry, our mental associations with the music, our culture, and our spirit, which are all mentioned in this scientific journey.
My junior year, she helped me get over my stage fright by allowing me to sing a solo at "Winter Concert." Which was terrifying, but she helped me relax and I did well. I love to learn new things from her and she was driven by the joy of learning from us. Her determination to give her choirs the best has really shown me how much she likes to bond with her students. A lot of people take it easy, but she likes to push us and help us succeed at what we want and determine to get.
I felt that there were a lot of things I did well as a teacher. It didn’t take a lot of time for the students to open up to me, and feel comfortable to ask questions. I really enjoyed answering the questions each student had, and even teaching some students how to conjugate verbs and use them. I also thought that I did a great job in encouraging the students, and not letting them just slip by when I knew they were capable of doing better. In one case, we all had to make a fool of ourselves by dancing to the alphabet song, but I can guarantee that the students won’t soon forget the words to the song.
When her teachers would introduce a new song to the class, she would be handed the “untried music” to sing by note until the rest of her peers, following by ear, would learn it. (p.504) After leaving the Royal School, she was primarily tutored by private teachers. She said, “after leaving school…my musical education was continued from time to time as opportunity offered.” (Berger, 2012, p.504) Liliʻuokalani teachers have noted that she was very a studious girl who took her education and music training seriously. Her dedication to her music never ceased as she grew into her adult life and she never stopped educating herself musically. It is thought that she learned to play the piano at the Royal School; later in life she became an accomplished pianist.
In September writing was my biggest problem but now it has gotten much easier to punctuate and organize all my writing pieces. But on another note I feel as if I should have put more effort toward all my work I did, I never hit those A+ grades everyone said I should have gotten so next year I will do everything in my power to prove them right because I know I can do better I just need another chance next year. All the strategies I was taught will stay with me forever I will use them through high school and even collage because they helped me and others
Giving students an opportunity to create every day will keep them engaged in learning, keep frustration at bay, and lead to happier, more fulfilled children. Also, art and music stress cooperation much more than math an reading do. Students can learn to work together, plan together, and create together in these classes, whereas in a math or reading class they may be competing, or simply not interacting at
Overall, what I’ve learned about music is that music is not only written but also speaks like we do as humans but in a different language sort of speak. I enjoyed learning about the different types of instruments that exist along with the composers of many famous compositions. Also leaning about particular elements that make music what it
Encouraging Children to Learn Extrinsic vs. Intrinsic Motivation “ Imagine that you’ve just taken a job as a first grade teacher in a school were most (although not all) of the teachers are using an elaborate system of rewards for good behavior and academic performance. When a child completes the day’s assignments on time, a gold star appears next to his or her name on a large wall chart. If the child does the work correctly, that results in an extra star. Children get a sticker to take home each time they complete a new book of ten stars on the classroom chart. Children are also rewarded for being good listeners, keeping their desks neat, getting through a whole day without being disruptive in class, etc., the rewards include cookies, candy, hand stamps, and buttons to wear on their shirts.” Learning, as proposed by major theorists Thorndike, Watson and Skinner, is the result of the application of consequences, that is, learners begin to connect certain responses with certain stimuli.