Approaches, Strategies, Techniques in Music Teaching
Approaches, Strategies, Techniques in Music Teaching
Approaches, Strategies, Techniques in Music Teaching
Lesson 4
APPROACHES, STRATEGIES, TECHNIQUES IN MUSIC TEACHING
Introduction
Have you always loved music? Whether you're interested in learning about its history and theory,
listening to it, or performing it, becoming an elementary school music teacher is an exciting decision. As
a music teacher, you'll help students learn to appreciate, or admire and understand, how music works.
You'll also help them find themselves as emerging musicians, and teach them to critique and love music
from a variety of cultures and historical periods.
Teaching music in elementary school isn't always easy. Often, you'll only meet with your students
once a week, so it can be hard to develop a sense of continuity. Additionally, students might be in very
different places in terms of their prior musical knowledge and willingness to engage. This lesson will give
you some different strategies that will help you make the most of your job as an elementary school music
teacher.
Objectives:
At the end of this lesson, you should be able to:
1. Identify and discuss the features of the different strategies in music
teaching.
2. Select the best strategies for a certain topic and explain the reason for choosing such.
Try this!
ACTIVITY:
Provide the definition of the terms below, and provide three (3) examples for each term.
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2. STRATEGY
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3. TECHNIQUE
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Think ahead!
ANALYSIS:
1. State similarities and differences of the terms given in the activity part of this module.
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2. What is the relevance of using different approaches, strategies, technique in teaching music in the basic
education curriculum?
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