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. 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

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.

 

 

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