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Micah Bland – Music Educators Journal, 2024
Each year, clinicians are invited to work with music ensembles at schools throughout the country, often in preparation for a contest or festival. Traditional clinics in which guest conductors refine and inspire students in the music-making process are wonderful events but arguably produce only short-term results, due in part to the limited amount…
Descriptors: Music Education, Musicians, Clinics, Flipped Classroom
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Baumgartner, Christopher M. – Journal of Music Teacher Education, 2020
In the fall of 2016, leadership in the Oklahoma Music Educators Association (OkMEA) recognized the need for a formal, music mentorship program for beginning educators. I provide a detailed description of how the mentorship co-chairs, president, immediate past president, and president-elect of OkMEA designed and implemented a statewide music…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Music Teachers, Music Education, Program Development
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Shuler, Scott C.; Norgaard, Martin; Blakeslee, Michael J. – Music Educators Journal, 2014
Hundreds of educators contributed to writing and reviewing the new National Core Music Standards over two years of development. Thousands more will find their professional lives shaped by these standards over decades to come. Three individuals involved in standards development explain.
Descriptors: National Standards, Music Teachers, Music Education, Creative Activities
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Hart, John T., Jr. – Music Educators Journal, 2014
Ensemble directors have a special interest in helping students learn to practice effectively. Practice is also an essential component of musical development. Music educators need to both teach effective practice strategies and guide students toward meaningful, thoughtful practice. Metacognition strategies are one way to accomplish this. Current…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Educational Practices, Drills (Practice), Teaching Methods
Orr, Aline – Online Submission, 2020
This report includes findings regarding demographic characteristics and academic outcomes of DELTA students; highlights emerging topics from the student, teacher, and staff surveys; and provides recommendations for future program implementation. [For the 2018-2019 report, see ED626017.]
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Outcomes of Education, Program Evaluation, Credits
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Bruns, Robert – Music Educators Journal, 2010
Professional musicians and college students commonly study orchestral excerpts, but a similar practice has yet to be implemented in the band field. Due to their widespread use in orchestral auditions, excerpts have been incorporated as a tool for musical development. Many college professors regularly assign excerpt study as part of their…
Descriptors: Music Education, Musicians, Musical Instruments, High School Students
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Townsend, Alfred S. – Music Educators Journal, 2010
The Connecting Parents with Learning Project (CPLP) is an attempt to involve parents in learning standards-based content along with their children. The CPLP can be especially effective in connecting with parents of different cultures because the children teach the parents. Furthermore, it removes the mystery of what the students are studying by…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music, National Standards, Cooperative Learning
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Weinstein, Larry – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2009
One of the greatest challenges music programme administrators face is that of recruiting students for their programmes. This article suggests that administrators should investigate the benefits of implementing a comprehensive total quality management programme in their institutions. The core values, techniques and tools embodied in the Total…
Descriptors: Total Quality Management, Student Recruitment, Music Education, Educational Principles
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Ward, Mary-Helen; West, Sandra; Peat, Mary; Atkinson, Susan – Journal of Distance Education, 2010
The University of Sydney is a large, research-intensive, campus-based Australian University. Since 2004 a strategic initiative of project-based eLearning support has been creating teams of non-academic and academic staff, who have worked together to develop online resources to meet identified needs. The University's aims in continuing to provide…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Instructional Design, Online Courses, Educational Change
Wicks, Sammie Ann – Phi Delta Kappan, 1997
El Paso-Juarez is the world's largest international border community. An independent consortium of educators created the Border Music Project, a radically different approach to classroom music instruction based on various local musical genres, including Tejano pop and other border-influenced styles. Introducing students to music and musicians aids…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Elementary Secondary Education, Models, Multicultural Education
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Woods, David G. – Music Educators Journal, 1982
Describes the development and implementation of the American/Icelandic Music Curriculum Project. The project's goal was to improve elementary and secondary music literacy through sequential music activities and to create guidelines to assist educators in preparing music curricula. A four-stage model for music curriculum design is discussed. (AM)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
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Hackmann, Donald G. – NASSP Bulletin, 1999
Shares information on current scheduling trends within Iowa and explains why some schools have adopted a more cautious schedule-modification posture. In Iowa, there is strong support for cocurricular activities, including music and art, and faculty resistance, based on instructional issues. Test scores are high with a traditional schedule. (13…
Descriptors: Art Education, Block Scheduling, Extracurricular Activities, High Schools
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Baker, Dawn S.; And Others – Music Educators Journal, 1984
Music educators elected to offices in the state organization in charge of the West Virginia student chapters of the Music Educators National Conference describe their organization's objectives and strategies. (RM)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Models, Music Education
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Banks, Jeri – Perspectives in Education and Deafness, 1992
This article describes a program of the Lyric Opera Company of Chicago (Illinois) that brought opera to the classroom of students with deafness in grades three through six. The four-session program explored vocabulary, music, story-telling, and Japanese culture and culminated in a student production of "Madame Butterfly." (JDD)
Descriptors: Deafness, Elementary Education, Music Education, Opera
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Sheldon, Deborah A. – Music Educators Journal, 2001
Discusses the educational benefits of using peer tutors for all students involved in music education. Explores how music teachers can develop and implement a peer tutoring program, discussing topics such as logistic factors, selecting and training students, pairing students together, and evaluation. Lists steps for implementation. (CMK)
Descriptors: Educational Benefits, Elementary Secondary Education, Music Education, Peer Teaching
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