Critical Pedagogy for Music Education developed by Frank Abrahams
Lesson Plan Model
| CRITICAL PEDAGOGY |
EMPOWERING MUSICIANS |
LESSON STEPS |
NATIONAL STANDARDS |
LESSON FORM |
| Who We Are | Engaging Musical Imagination | 1 Honoring Their World Teacher engages the students in problem solving by creating an experience that presents a need to know. |
Experiencing Music (6, 7) | Exposition |
| 2 Sharing the Experience Students and their teacher process the experience. They share feelings and reflect. |
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| Who They May Become | Engaging Musical Intelligence | 3 Connecting Their World to the Concept Teacher connects the experience using comparable concepts from the other arts, culture, or student out of school experiences. |
Connecting Music (8, 9) | Development |
| 4 Dialoguing Together Teacher presents the lesson content. Students gather the evidence they need to solve the problem. |
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| 5 Practicing the Concept Teacher provides students with an opportunity to practice the content. A homework assignment or quiz might be included at this step. |
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| Who We Might Become Together | Engaging Musical Creativity | 6 Connecting Word to World Teacher invites students to find alternative solutions and new ways to use the information presented. Students have the opportunity to create something new. |
Creating Music (3, 4, 5) | Improvisation |
| 7 Assessing Transformation Students and their teacher reflect and evaluate the work completed. An assessment rubric may be applied at this step. |
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| Engaging Musical Celebration through Performance | 8 Acknowledging Transformation Students and their teacher celebrate the new learning through presentation, exhibition or other form of demonstration. |
Performing Music (1, 2) | Recapitulation |