Blog 14
I have had to try really hard to see this happening in my own education. Last week, however, when we had our guest speaker and we talked about assessment, I realized how all of my classes coincide to help me become a better educator.
I came into this semester not understanding why in the world I needed it integrate literacy into my class... I've actually felt that way this whole semester until now.
We, as educators, are all upholding the same responsibility: to advance our students in education to better their lives. To do that, we must realize that all of our disciplinary areas intersect and are dependent upon one another. We are going to be teaching to enrich and enhance the lives of our students. I don't just want to teach notes to my future choir students. Yeah, it's fun to sing songs and it's really cool to hear 3 different voice parts at the same time, but that's not why I am going into education. I am going into education because I love seeing people understand music, maybe even for the first time. I am so passionate for people and also so passionate about music. So when these two things seem to understand one another, my life is made.
Anyways, that is my soap-box for the day.
Again, I say, we are almost there guys!
Hallelujah!
Austin
Austin,
ReplyDeleteI can totally relate to what you're saying. The concept of interconnected disciplines and literacy in music just recently "clicked" for me as well. It's been really awesome to see ourselves and each other understand this, and to grasp the importance of multiple facets working together in order to help us all become better educators.