R.-Reflective
Teacher candidates will be active learners and reflective practitioners, individually and with their colleagues.
Artifact #1Below is my reflection of my student teaching experience:
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Artifact #2
What did you learn about yourself by watching the lesson you taught?
While student teaching this semester, I learned a very important concept. When teaching music, there is a whole other side to a teacher that most other teachers never have to face. That is the art of performing. It is a whole other way of thinking to get students ready for a performance. Not only do you have to learn to help students balance out their nerves, you have to deal with your nerves as well. It does not matter how well the students comprehend a piece or a concept in the classroom, nerves could take it all away. Also, if I direct a piece incorrectly because of nerves or being unprepared, it could cause the students to mess up on stage. Due to this concept, I have chosen to approach this artifact slightly different than may be expected. I have attached below six videos. Three are during the rehearsal process for the pieces and the other three are the same numbers at the region large choir festival. I have selected this process for a few different reasons. First, I want to show that I am capable of rehearsing and teaching. These recordings were from the couple of weeks leading up to region, so the pieces are mostly learned. The pieces shown are pieces that I taught primarily all by myself (without mentor teacher supervision). Secondly, I wanted to show that I can assist students in the transfer of practice to performance. If you watch the rehearsal piece and then the performance piece, you will see consistency in the conducting as well as the sound produced (with some changes of course, due to the fact that every rehearsal things change for the better). Enjoy! |
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