Within this workshop, we had recapped what we had learnt 2
years ago in Creative Arts 1 music. We discussed a lot about skills and
techniques in the music syllabus for example composing, performing and
listening/appreciating. Understanding what music can bring to students and the
teacher in the classroom can help change the way students think cognitively.
Rauscher
and Hinton (2011) argue that “music instruction can enhance children’s spatial-temporal
reasoning, numerical reasoning, and phonemic awareness” (pg. 215). Teaching
students about the elements of music through pitch, dynamics, rhythm/duration,
tone colour and structure, allows them to see a whole new language that
everyone can speak and understand. An implication for teaching theory in a
music lesson is that not every student will be musically inclined and will take
longer for them to understand about musical theory. That is why music should be
incorporated in every KLA to engage students differently in all aspects of
their learning.
Reference:
Rauscher, F. H. & Hinton, S. C. (2011). Music
instruction and its diverse extra-musical benefits. Music Perception, 29, 215-226.
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