Becoming a music teacher
Subtitle: from student to practitioner
By: Donald L. Hamann and Shelly Cooper
Contributors: Cooper, Shelly, author
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 417
ISBN-13: 9780190245078; 9780190245085
Subjects: Vocational guidance; Instruction and study; Handbooks, manuals; Training of; Music; Music teachers; Effective teaching; Physiological aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Module 1. Posture ; Kodaly ; Conducting posture and rebound ; Our profession and decision-making; title: Module 2. Eye contact ; Sight-singing steps ; Conducting rebound and hand/arm independence ; School community; title: Module 3. Establishing carriage ; Rhythmic duration syllable systems ; Hand/arm independence ; Classroom word choice; title: Module 4. Facial expression ; Sight-singing ; Hand/arm conducting independence ; Ethics in teaching; title: Module 5. Receiving facial expression messages ; Body posture and singing ; Conducting independence and rebounds ; Diverse learners; title: Module 6. Facial gestures with hands ; Breathing and singing ; Conductor cueing ; Classroom modeling; title: Module 7. Visual scanning ; Vocal exploration ; Conducting crescendos and diminuendos ; Teaching adolescents; title: Module 8. Visual scanning ; Vocal exploration and the wave ; Conducting cutoff gestures ; Teaching music in early childhood; title: Module 9. Connective eye contact ; Improvisation in singing ; Conducting cutoff gestures ; Communicating with students; title: Module 10. Visual awareness and facial gestures ; Singing intervals ; Conducting the 4/4 pattern ; Goals and objectives; title: Module 11. Reading individuals ; Lip trills in vocal warm-up ; Conducting the 3/4 pattern ; Lesson planning; title: Module 12. Identifying facial gestures ; Solfege syllables ; Conducting the 2/4 pattern ; Assessment; title: Module 13. Emotions ; Resonance through humming ; Preparatory gestures in 4/4 ; Motivation; title: Module 14. Identifying expressions ; Building triads ; Preparatory gestures in 3/4 ; Learning theories; title: Module 15. Identifying expressions ; Triads using inversions ; Preparatory gestures in 2/4 ; Jean Piaget; title: Module 16. Facial and body gesture awareness ; Chord building ; Preparatory gestures in 4/4 ; Jerome Bruner; title: Module 17. Identifying facial and body expressions ; Singing ascending leaps ; Preparatory gestures in 3/4 ; Asking good questions; title: Module 18. Body expression awareness ; Singing large ascending leaps ; Preparatory gestures in 2/4 ; Teaching flexibility; title: Module 19. Upper- and lower-body gestures ; Breath support ; Preparatory gestures in 4/4 ; Emotions in the classroom; title: Module 20. Mixed or congruent messages ; Articulators in vocal production ; Preparatory gestures in 4/4 ; Teacher emotions; title: Module 21. Wind instrument body gestures ; Raising the soft palate ; Conducting preparatory gestures ; Learning communities; title: Module 22. Body gestures ; Soft palate ; Independence while conducting ; Advocacy statements; title: Module 23. Body gestures playing bowed string instruments ; Relaxed vocal tone ; Independence in conducting 3/4 ; Applying knowledge in the classroom; title: Module 24. Body gestures playing bowed string instruments ; Outlining tonic ; Independence in conducting 2/4 ; Public-speaking skills; title: Module 25. Body gestures in a full orchestra setting ; Singing in la-based minor ; Cueing on the downbeat ; Improving public speaking; title: Module 26. Continued body gesture awareness ; La-based minor ; Cueing on beat two ; Music performance anxiety; title: Module 27. Proximity and gestures ; Breath management ; Cueing on beat three ; Avoiding performance injury; title: Module 28. Gesture identification ; Hydration ; Cueing on beat four ; Classroom management; title: Module 29. Identifying and initiating gestures ; Building triads in la-based minor ; Cueing on the downbeat in 3/4 ; Positive management techniques; title: Module 30. Facial and physical gestures ; Voice-leading patterns ; Cueing on beat two in 3/4 ; Implementing classroom management; title: Module 31. Nonverbal music directives ; Diction ; Cueing on beat three in 3/4 ; Adult learners; title: Module 32. Speechless lessons ; Pure vowels ; Cueing on the downbeat in 2/4 ; Analogies and metaphors; title: Module 33. Speech comprehension and projection ; Warming up on pure vowels ; Cueing on beat two in 2/4 ; Traits of an effective teacher; title: Module 34. Speech comprehension ; Mental imagery ; Indicating crescendos and diminuendos in 4/4 ; Examining effective teacher traits; title: Module 35. Pauses in speech ; Vocal health ; Indicating crescendos and diminuendos in 3/4 ; Importance of personal resilience; title: Module 36. Varying speaking tempi ; Body warm-up sequence ; Indicating crescendos and diminuendos in 2/4 ; Legal issues in the classroom; title: Module 37. Vocal emotion ; Diaphragmatic action ; Cutoff gesture in 4/4 ; Legal issues II; title: Module 38. Vocal inflection ; Diaphragmatic action ; Cutoff gesture in 4/4 ; Collegiality; title: Module 39. Combining verbal and nonverbal elements ; Moving toward artistry ; Cutoff gesture in 4/4 ; Formulating a philosophy of music; title: Module 40. Verbal and nonverbal elements in a speech ; Defining artistry ; Cutoff gestures in various meters ; A successful music education career.