The document discusses the importance of integrating music into K-8 classrooms. It outlines that music conveys feelings and emotions and is a form of creative expression. The document also describes the benefits of music for students, such as helping them better understand other cultures and relate different subjects. Additionally, it identifies three categories of music learning: psychomotor, cognitive, and active learning. The document concludes by explaining two approaches for teaching music - a teacher-centered approach focused on lectures and a student-centered approach that allows students to actively solve problems with teacher guidance.

1. Tim Doepker
01/29/2013
K-8 Music
 Every classroom teacher can develop skills that will help them convey music to their
children.
 Music is a form of art, and art is different from other subjects because it conveys feelings,
and emotions, or at least attempts to.
 Music is expressive in this way and this reflects the individual creator’s feelings, or
thoughts.
 When you look at a work of art you have to pay attention to the creativity and how
original the piece is.
 Art is set aside from other subjects by the thoughts, emotions, and meanings people can
get by listening, observing, watching, or creating works of art.
 All places and cultures have music, and all humans have musical talent.
 Music can be connected to many other subjects, and musical talent is best promoted
while the brain is not yet fully developed.
 Music helps students better understand the cultures they live in, as well as others.
 More music integrated into the classroom can only be beneficial for students.
 Specific times designated for certain subjects can make it difficult for students to relate
one subject to another; music can help this process become much easier for them.
 There are three basic categories of music learning
 Psychomotor learning involves learning through muscular activity while listening to
music. Young children should be taught to keep beat and tempo, and move to music
accordingly.
 Cognitive is the second category and it involves students learning about composers, and
famous pieces. These learnings have to have real music with them to help.
 Active learning is a mode of learning where students have to be active. They may sing,
dance, play instruments, and create music.
 Affective learning is where students must be taught how musicians convey feelings, and
emotions through their works.
 Through hearing these famous works, and pieces students get feelings and emotions
from them that words could never describe.
 There are two main methods for teachers to teach music
 The teacher centered approach is mostly the teacher lecturing, and the students not
being very active.
 The student-centered approach is where students are given a problem by the teacher,
who then helps them along the way on solving that problem.
 This allows the students to be much more active in the lesson.
 With younger children it is typically better to use the child centered approach.