ZOOMing with some future music educators and talking about Music Learning Theory. Have some notes!
Sound Educators:
Music Teaching and Learning
by Robin Giebelhausen
Are you a
sound educator?
SOUND
Educator
Put it together
My vocation is to educate people about sound, specifically music. Music is sound, but sound has another meaning. Sound means good, acceptable, ethical, and/or sensible. To be a sound educator is to be a music educator who thinks holistically about teaching sonic ideas but also about being a teacher to humans and everything that is involved with that.
In part, the sound educator acrostic is my story; how I grew as a musician, teacher, researcher, and teacher educator, and all the lessons I learned along the way. However, for each pillar of the acrostic there is much research.
Some components of the acrostic may seem easier for some teachers, while others parts may elicit struggle. This is not surprising or problematic. For each of us, there will be challenges and there will be spaces and activities that are easier. As Ze Frank would say, if this applies to you - congratulations, you are human.
Please note, there is no single item of most importance or hierarchy in this list. All are important. All are needed.
What
brings you
here?
Ukulele
Let me help you with your ukulele skills!
Got no skills? That's ok, too.
Academia
Publications, Research, Social Media.
Oh my!
Teaching
Music Learning Theory, Music and Gender, Culturally Relevant Pedagogy, Creativity, Technology. Requests for professional development.
Looking for something specific?
2021 Maryland Music Educators Association Conference
Hanging out in Osage Beach, MO on a snowy day in Lake of the Ozarks. Excited
MACAOSA Chapter Share
I can't wait to hang out with the music teachers of the Mid Atlantic Chapter of