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Music in Our Schools

Deborah Jeter
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    Honor, Honesty, Truthfulness, Kindness, Generosity, Helpfulness, Courage, Convictions, Justice, Respect, Freedom, and Equality.
All of these values and characteristics that can be taught through music. Teachers have discovered that when lessons in math or reading or any other subject for that matter, are taught through a rhythmic chant or a melody, that the content is internalized more easily and readily.

Be An Advocate for the Arts

Why Music Matters is an excellent article and gives concerned parents some ideas and links for encouraging their child's involvement in the arts. Another great link at this site is Helping Parents help their Kids Learn.

An Arts Advocacy Video that comes with handouts that can be used to inform others how children improve in all areas of living and learning when the arts are used as a core-content subject area.

Major Grant Makers of education in the arts.

Motheread/Fatheread is "based on the conviction that parents and children strengthen their relationships through the sharing of stories; that parents help children become better readers and thinkers by discussing books together; and that every parent can do the one thing that has proven to lead to a child's success in school: read with their children daily." Another way that we develop strong readers is to sing stories to the child. Folk songs as well as other types of music, tell stories and record events in history. For more information on good books to use in the music classroom, see Children's Literature at this bookstore.

Arts Deserve More Attention is the title of this article at Leadership for Learning. "When was the last time, in a real problem, you used calculus?"

Brain Awareness Week The Library of Congress of the U.S. recommends this site.

Music Notes, Inc. philosophy is a wonderful link to end this article. After you read it, be sure and visit some of the great materials offered at this site.

There are many more ways, other than the ones listed in this article, to develop critical thinking skills. Please post your ideas, comments, lessons, or tools that you use to develop thinking skills with your students in the discussion area. In sharing, we and our students will all benefit.

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4.   March 19, 1998 11:56 AM
Very interesting, David. I haven't heard anything about controversia. I think I'll do a search on
that. Maybe it would make good article material. I really hope more educators will join in th ...

-- posted by Deborah_Jeter


3.   March 18, 1998 11:42 PM
In regards to point number six, ("Evaluating an argument: Testing the logic of a text as well as its credibility and emotional impact") - there is a strong tradition of music in Puerto Rico that exem ...

-- posted by DavidS_9


2.   March 16, 1998 5:43 PM
Thanks, Kay! Your idea is a great one. Letting the students have a say in what they present makes them feel more a part of gives them ownership. This seems to make the students want to do their best t ...

-- posted by Deborah_Jeter


1.   March 16, 1998 11:22 AM
What a great article this week!!! I really enjoyed reading through these sites. One way I try to encourage thinking skills in my students is to let them choose the order we will present our songs at ...

-- posted by KayD





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