1. Respond to definition from last class. Has it changed at all? How might your definition impact your teaching?
In my last blog response, I said that I thought there were many kinds of intelligence - I feel like that is very much in line with what we learned about Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences. I think that as teachers, it's integral that we understand that all of our students will not be learning the exact same things in exactly the same way. It's up to us to do our best to find out the ways our students are intelligent, and then use that knowledge to enhance our students' chances of learning and feeling intelligent.
2. List strategies for developing each aspect of Emotional Intelligence that you can use in your content area.
Self and other awareness - teach students that they need to be able to listen across the ensemble to most effectively be able to perform together.
Mood management - teach students how to channel their moods into the music they are performing. Help them recognize that they are less effective musicians when they are focused on what has upset them as opposed to the way that the music can help them feel.
Self-motivation - help students understand that when they are self motivated, they become more effective musicians.
Empathy - explain or demonstrate to them how music can foster empathy for the composer, the audience, or the other members of the ensemble.
Management of relationships - Demonstrate to students how great ensembles are made of sections that work together. Teach them how to get along in smaller sections and part/stand groupings, and encourage good relationships between sections (no elitism in instruments or parts).
In my last blog response, I said that I thought there were many kinds of intelligence - I feel like that is very much in line with what we learned about Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences. I think that as teachers, it's integral that we understand that all of our students will not be learning the exact same things in exactly the same way. It's up to us to do our best to find out the ways our students are intelligent, and then use that knowledge to enhance our students' chances of learning and feeling intelligent.
2. List strategies for developing each aspect of Emotional Intelligence that you can use in your content area.
Self and other awareness - teach students that they need to be able to listen across the ensemble to most effectively be able to perform together.
Mood management - teach students how to channel their moods into the music they are performing. Help them recognize that they are less effective musicians when they are focused on what has upset them as opposed to the way that the music can help them feel.
Self-motivation - help students understand that when they are self motivated, they become more effective musicians.
Empathy - explain or demonstrate to them how music can foster empathy for the composer, the audience, or the other members of the ensemble.
Management of relationships - Demonstrate to students how great ensembles are made of sections that work together. Teach them how to get along in smaller sections and part/stand groupings, and encourage good relationships between sections (no elitism in instruments or parts).
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