Getting Ready for

the Future

Dispositions- the
importance of
cultivating
professional and
intellectual
dispositions
Portfolio
construction- the
value of building
something that can
aid in your
professional life and
showcase what you
are about as an
educator
State testing and
other NYS
requirements for
certification- Runs
parallel with the
Crane curriculum of
basic musicianship
classes/Ed sequence
Sophomore
Evaluation and other
gate mechanismsLevels, student
teaching
The importance of
joining a
professional
organization
Cultivation of other
interests in your
field; displaying
curiosity and the
desire to learn more
about your
profession

Names Associated
with Contemporary
Educational Thought
Piaget- Cognitive

Constructivism
Kohn- Democracy in
education and
intrinsic motivation
Schwab- 4
commonplaces
M. CampbellGrammars of
Schooling and acting
as an agent of
change regarding
the current
paradigm of music
education.
J. Dewey- Life
knowledge= School
knowledge
Bloom- Taxonomy
VygotskyImportance of social
learning/ More
Knowledgeable
Other and Zone of
Proximal Developmt.
Skinner- Operant
Conditioning
Behaviorism
K. RobinsonCreativity in
schooling
B. Ayers- advocate
for progressive
education

Educational History and Vision

Advocacy- what
was in music
education to
what is now (or
the potential)?
How can we
advocate for
change?
Lehman and
Reimer- views on
music education,
national
standards (then
and now)
The way people
learn matters in
deciding
effective
instruction that
can illustrate 21st
century music
education. How
should we teach
in the future?
(Ken Robinson,
Using
Technology)
Educational
Mandates that
affect how we
teach (APPR,
common core,
etc.)

Teacher as
Change Agent
Grammars of
Schooling- why
we should
examine them
Music for All
philosophy- how
is this different
from the typical
music ed model?
Using student
interest to drive
curriculum
How can we
make music
education
current in this
day and age?
Relevance to
music and why
its taught- The
Other 80% who
dont participate
in school music.
What can we do
to meet more
needs of
students?