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PUTTING PEDAGOGY INTO
PRACTICE
Matthew McInturf
American Band CollegeSam Houston State University
July 1, 2012
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CREATING SUCCESSFOR
STUDENTS OF MUSIC
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CREATING SUCCESS
Engaging their Hearts and Minds
Building Commitment
Offering them a Future
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HEARTS AND MINDS
Art is Human - Teaching is about Relationships
Communicate the Passion
Stimulate Curiosity
Make it Exciting
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COMMITMENT
Good Pedagogy generates Progress
Reward ALL Progress
Motivate Practice
Reward ALL Practice
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THE FUTURE
Good Pedagogy Builds Skills
Skills Create Musical Opportunities
The Key Principle is “Understanding follows Doing”
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TEACH THE STUDENT
NOT THE BAND
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PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICE
Short-Term and Long-Term Results
Defining and Redefining the Result
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RESULTS TRAJECTORY
Students are motivated by Short-Term Goals
Long-Term Results MUST determine the
Short-Term Goals
Reward the achievement of every Goal
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DEFINING SUCCESS
Progress equals Success
Progress must be Measurable
The Teacher defines the Criteria
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WHAT DOES GOOD PEDAGOGY
LOOK LIKE?
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GOOD PEDAGOGY
Begins with the End in Mind
Conforms to Professional Models
Avoids the “Curriculum of Convenience”
Leads to Musical Independence
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BEGINNING AT THE END
Defining the Long-Term Goal
Creating a Coherent Curriculum
Offering “Achievable Challenges”
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PROFESSIONAL MODELS
The Best Professional Performers set the Standard
Educational Models can be helpful, but should not
determine our standards
Create Options and Remove Limits
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AVOIDING THE“CURRICULUM OF CONVENIENCE”
The most common mistake in most classrooms
The beginning must be consistent with the end
Any compromise leads to required remediation or
failure
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MUSICAL INDEPENDENCE
Requires Skill
Requires Intellectual Understanding
Requires the Increasing Assumption of Responsibility
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MOTIVATING PRACTICE IS THE FIRST PRIORITY
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PRACTICING PERFORMANCE
The Pedagogy of Practice
The Pedagogy of Performance
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PEDAGOGY OF PRACTICE
Creating the Link between Practice and Success
Celebrating Success
Transferring Responsibility to the Student
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THE ONLY EXPERIENCE COMMON TO ALL MUSICIANS IS
PRACTICE
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PEDAGOGY OF PERFORMANCE
Performing is a skill to be learned
Great performers practice performing
Performing is a synthesis of skills
Success leads back to PRACTICE
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PRACTICE TO PERFORM
Play
Practice
Practice Performing
Perform
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PRACTICING PERFORMING
Technical
Contextual
Continuity and Consistency
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“Whatever is received, is received according to the mode of the recipient.”
Aristotle
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BACK TO THE FUTURE
Performing Success can be highly Motivating
Motivation that becomes PRACTICE leads to
FUTURE SUCCESS
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THE BEST PEDAGOGY CREATES SYSTEMS TO STRUCTURE SUCCESS
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THE STRUCTURE OF SUCCESS
Individual Achievement
Connecting the Curriculum
Creating Artistic Awareness
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INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT
Solo Performing
Chamber Music
Honor Events
Interacting with Musicians and Artists
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UNLEASH THE POWER OF
EVENTS
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CONNECTING THE CURRICULUM
Promoting Consistent Standards
Communicating Artistic Value
Defining Success Appropriately
Communicating Accomplishement
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ARTISTIC AWARENESS
Developing the Listener
Engaging with Accomplished Artists
Learning to think like an Artist
Seeing the world as Art
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THE ULTIMATE SUCCESS IS MUSIC
BECOMING A PART OF THE STUDENT’S
IDENTITYSunday, July 1, 12
Acknowledgements
Brian GibbsAssociate Director of Bands
Sam Houston State University
Dr. Jeffrey LoeffertAssistant Professor of Music Theory and Saxophone
Oklahoma State University
Brian MerrillCoordinator of Music EducationSouthern Methodist University
Joni Viertel PerezDirector of Bands
The Woodlands High SchoolThe Woodlands, Texas
Dr. Scott D. PluggeDirector of the School of MusicSam Houston State University
Frank TroykaDirector of Bands
L. V. Berkner High School
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Special Thanks to the following Teachers, Friends and Colleagues who have taught me to
Teach and to Make Music
Anschel Brusilow Kalman Cherr y Douglas Walter Daniel Armstrong Larr y Lawless Br ian Merr i l l Malco lm Helm Bob Brandenberger Pa m e l a Ad a m s Jo e D i x o n C l a i r e Jo h n s o n J i m Ir w i n B o b Jo h n s o n Eddie Green Marion West Lynne Jackson Tom Bennett Charlene Nelson Michael Horvit Lester Brothers Eugene Corporon Thomas Stone John Lynch Erwin Nigg Richard Dunscomb Gary Green Frank Troyka Jeffrey Loeffert Randal Adams Robert Walzel Ralph Mills Patricia Card James Bankhead Kathy Danie l Peter Warshaw Henr y Howey Chr i s topher De v iney Robert Daniel Richard Crain Scott Plugge John Tafoya Wilfred Roberts John Lane Michael Brashear Nicholas Luggerio Brian Eisemann Wesley Robertson Marianna Gabbi Allen Hightower Terence Milligan Edward Nowacki Randy Fitch Michael Mamminga Tye Ann Payne Jack Greenberg Rick Yancey Michael Vasquez Herman Vogelstein Spring Hill Rod Cannon Phillip Aikman Richard Floyd Paula Crider John Whitwell Judy McInturf Charlotte Royall Geoffrey McInturf Bradley Kent Stanley Aiken Christopher Adler Brian Gibbs Carol Smith
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Matthew McInturfSam Houston State University
Professor of MusicDirector of Bands
Director of the Center for Music Education
© Matthew McInturf, 2012
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