I want to travel to Germany to research how the music curriculum in Germany is created and utilized in a classroom setting so I can apply those strategies into my future classroom. What I plan to do with this grant is to travel throughout Germany and visit elementary schools, high school classrooms and a community music school to learn how or if they incorporate music into their education. During my research, I want to discover how music education has changed over time. Another plan is to learn if there are specific genres of music or ways of using and creating music that are more popular in the classroom than others. During the nineteenth century, Bildung, philosopher Wilhelm von Humboldt’s idea, was integrated into education. This idea
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The German musicologist, Hermann Kretzschmar, changed the teachers’ evaluations to get more qualified teachers. Music from Mozart, Beethoven, and others were utilized in school performances and music class. They used their music so that students could develop a deeper understanding of music (Kertz-Welzel, 2004). A man named Carl Orff, had a theory that music education should use all the human senses and children should be active performers on instruments (Kertz-Welzel, 2004). After 1945, the music education system changed again because of technology advancement and the educational system after the historical even of Sputnik. American ideas and the development of communication skills had an influence on the new education system (Kertz-Welzel, 2004). German music education has been trying to move towards a more student-centered and active classroom (Kertz-Welzel, 2004). With this background, I want to see how the schools make their classrooms student-centered and actively involve the …show more content…
The idea of constructive music is used in developing the child’s education. Rhythmic movement is the main focus until around fifth grade, then the content becomes more difficult so children learn the sense of harmony. Children learn music through the use of song, play, and dance (Kraus, 1956). Musical instruction isn’t limited to only singing. Percussion instruments and clapping and stamping are other ways children can make music (Kraus, 1956). The ideal method of teaching songs during the nineteenth century was by imitation or reading notations (Kertz-Welzel, 2004). Music seems to be incorporated into classroom because it is beneficial, and I want to learn teachers’ strategies of incorporating it.
In Germany, there is a career one can go into that is called a community music worker. These workers work in areas with social, cultural, and environment issues. From the website, UK-Music-Jobs.com the definition says that community music workers are “encouraging the use of music related activities to support their development and improve the quality of life of individuals from the local community.” Students can go to a community music school to learn an instrument (Kertz-Welzel,
The German musicologist, Hermann Kretzschmar, changed the teachers’ evaluations to get more qualified teachers. Music from Mozart, Beethoven, and others were utilized in school performances and music class. They used their music so that students could develop a deeper understanding of music (Kertz-Welzel, 2004). A man named Carl Orff, had a theory that music education should use all the human senses and children should be active performers on instruments (Kertz-Welzel, 2004). After 1945, the music education system changed again because of technology advancement and the educational system after the historical even of Sputnik. American ideas and the development of communication skills had an influence on the new education system (Kertz-Welzel, 2004). German music education has been trying to move towards a more student-centered and active classroom (Kertz-Welzel, 2004). With this background, I want to see how the schools make their classrooms student-centered and actively involve the …show more content…
The idea of constructive music is used in developing the child’s education. Rhythmic movement is the main focus until around fifth grade, then the content becomes more difficult so children learn the sense of harmony. Children learn music through the use of song, play, and dance (Kraus, 1956). Musical instruction isn’t limited to only singing. Percussion instruments and clapping and stamping are other ways children can make music (Kraus, 1956). The ideal method of teaching songs during the nineteenth century was by imitation or reading notations (Kertz-Welzel, 2004). Music seems to be incorporated into classroom because it is beneficial, and I want to learn teachers’ strategies of incorporating it.
In Germany, there is a career one can go into that is called a community music worker. These workers work in areas with social, cultural, and environment issues. From the website, UK-Music-Jobs.com the definition says that community music workers are “encouraging the use of music related activities to support their development and improve the quality of life of individuals from the local community.” Students can go to a community music school to learn an instrument (Kertz-Welzel,