Rationale in Music Education
Rational for Subject Teaching (RST)
Some people may question how important role music plays in a school. Should it be part of the curriculum and how important of a role does it play in the school? Around the world many music programs have been dropped due to funding. Even some people believe that Music has no place in school that it is not an academic subject. But Music education has been shown to improve general academic skills as well as social skill in students. Studies have shown that if music education is added to a student’s timetable, they will begin to show an increase in learning.
From my own experience in my first school placement, my mentor told me about a student who had a reading level of a seven year old in year eight but took part in the school musical last year and his reading level went up to a ten year old. The SENCO officer believes the major improvement is down to the involvement been in the school musical. The music teacher recorded the words of the music, DVD of the musical and gave the pupil a script so they had audio, visual, and kinaesthetic. Therefore the pupil was able to connect these processes improving their reading age immensely. Music education therefore is vital for any school curriculum to have.
My philosophy on how music should be taught is that of having the three most important area’s Listening, Composing and Performing. Swanwick provides music teachers with carefully argued model of Music education in which the processes of performing, composing and listening give direct access to aesthetic experience ,knowledge and meaning (Plummeridge 2001) Also Chris Philpott explains ‘ Music is an expressive medium for all; the best way to learn is through actively engaging in listening, composing and performing.’(Philpott 2001). I strongly agree with both of these statements, having these three elements in the music curriculum is a recipe for success in Music education. In The National Curriculum 2007 under music for programme of
Some people may question how important role music plays in a school. Should it be part of the curriculum and how important of a role does it play in the school? Around the world many music programs have been dropped due to funding. Even some people believe that Music has no place in school that it is not an academic subject. But Music education has been shown to improve general academic skills as well as social skill in students. Studies have shown that if music education is added to a student’s timetable, they will begin to show an increase in learning.
From my own experience in my first school placement, my mentor told me about a student who had a reading level of a seven year old in year eight but took part in the school musical last year and his reading level went up to a ten year old. The SENCO officer believes the major improvement is down to the involvement been in the school musical. The music teacher recorded the words of the music, DVD of the musical and gave the pupil a script so they had audio, visual, and kinaesthetic. Therefore the pupil was able to connect these processes improving their reading age immensely. Music education therefore is vital for any school curriculum to have.
My philosophy on how music should be taught is that of having the three most important area’s Listening, Composing and Performing. Swanwick provides music teachers with carefully argued model of Music education in which the processes of performing, composing and listening give direct access to aesthetic experience ,knowledge and meaning (Plummeridge 2001) Also Chris Philpott explains ‘ Music is an expressive medium for all; the best way to learn is through actively engaging in listening, composing and performing.’(Philpott 2001). I strongly agree with both of these statements, having these three elements in the music curriculum is a recipe for success in Music education. In The National Curriculum 2007 under music for programme of
Bibliography: • Capel, S, Leask M and Turner T (2009) Learning to teach in the secondary School : Fifth Edition: Routledge .pp397-405 • Evans, J and Philpott C (2009) A Practical Guide to Teaching Music in the Secondary School • Mills J and Paytner J: (2008) thinking and making; selections from the writings of John Paynter on music in education: Oxford Music Education series; part one, part four and part five. • Mills J (2005): Music in the School ; Oxford pp17-27, 49-54, 113-125 • Philpott, Chris and Spruce G: (2009) Learning to Teach Music in the Secondary School; second edition; Routledge