Marzano

MUSIC 23241: MUSIC TEACHING AS A PROFESSION

Mr. Marcus L. Neiman, Assistant Professor

Kent State University School of Music

Fall, 2011

CRN: 200910 – Section number: 001 – Class Days: TR 7:45a – 8:35 am - Classroom: SOM E202

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BlackBoard and Text Readings

Submitted by:

Katie LeMaster

Submitted for:

Mr. Marcus L. Neiman, lecturer

Date: September 29, 2011

Marzano, Robert J. and Jana S. 2003. The Key to Classroom Management.

Association for supervision and curriculum development, Volume Number, (Issue Number), Pages

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Summary of the Article: Managing the classroom is an important part of the success of students. To lower discipline problems in the classroom you need to have a good relationship with your students. Teachers need to be able to guide students in academics and their behaviors. Teachers need to talk to their students about the rules and procedures and get the students feedback on it. Teachers need to reward for good behaviors and have consequences for bad behavior. At the beginning of a chapter tell the students what they will be expected to learn, and then while they are learning this knowledge provide feedback. When students are being disobedient you need to face the student, use the right facial expression and use the right tone of voice. Give the students a chance to set what they want to learn, letting students choose will increase their understanding of the subject. Teachers need to be interested in every student and make eye contact. Teachers need to let students participate in discussions and give the students credit, and to make sure that you also call on the people that normally wouldn’t answer questions. Teachers need to have a way to work make special needs students successful too.

Personal statements: At this point in my career learning all I can about classrooms is beneficial. Making sure that students are participating in class is going to be hard so its good to have a way to engage students. Also its good to have a way to act when there are students acting out. And a way to discipline them and then to reward the students that arent causing problems in classes. This article provides a good way to establish rules in the classroom.

I agree with this article that you need to establish with the students the rules in the classroom so that they think that they had a choice in how the classroom is run. I think that teachers need to tell their students what they are going to learn so that they will have something to look forward to in future lessons. Also I think that letting students also take an active part in their curriculum is a good idea. I know that if I was given a list of 5 songs and I got to choose which one I got to play I would be more motivated to practice it.