2nd Edition
The Journey from Music Student to Teacher A Professional Approach
The Journey from Music Student to Teacher: A Professional Approach, Second Edition helps prospective educators transition from music student to professional music teacher. This textbook acknowledges that students must first reconcile their assumptions about learning and teaching before they can make thoughtful, informed decisions about their own professional education. Building upon personal experience is essential to an enhanced approach to the profession, and the topics and activities presented here guide readers to think not as students but as professionals, addressing the primary stages of teacher development. In three parts—Discovery of Self, Discovery of Teaching, and Discovery of Student Learning—the authors connect readers to theoretical foundations and the processes of becoming an insider to the profession.
This updated Second Edition includes:
- Integration of the 2014 National Core Arts Standards
- Discussion of NAfMEs Model Cornerstone Assessments
- Explorations of issues of equity, access, and inclusion for marginalized populations and new examples of culturally responsive pedagogy
- Added coverage of innovative practices including popular music, technology for autonomous music-making, songwriting, and composition
- Streamlined discussion of learning theory, focusing on the basic foundations of behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism
The accompanying companion website at www.routledge.com/cw/raiber provides revised and updated "Connecting to the Profession" features that help enhance students’ understanding of the ideas presented in the text, links to videos of K-12 music teaching and interviews with teachers, and additional resources for instructors.
Featuring networking activities to aid in self-reflection, a glossary of terms, and a wealth of online resources and tools, The Journey from Music Student to Teacher is the culmination of more than 25 years of experience in secondary music classrooms, providing a framework for establishing professional role identity among preservice music educators during their introduction to the field.
Introduction: Drawing Your First Map / PART I: DISCOVERY OF SELF / 1. What Is Your Role as a Music Teacher? / 2. What Do You Believe about Learning and Teaching? / 3. What Do You Need to Know and Do as a Music Teacher? / PART II: DISCOVERY OF TEACHING / 4. What is Your Classroom? / 5. How Will You Present Instruction in Your Classroom? / 6. How Will You Construct Music Learning Experiences in Your Classroom? / 7. How Will You Teach Students to Understand and Make Music in Your Classroom? / PART III : DISCOVERY OF STUDENT LEARNING / 8. The Students: Who Are They? / 9. The Students: What Do They Learn? / 10. The Students: How Do They Learn? / 11. The Students: How Do You Know They Learn? / Epilogue: Rediscovering Who You Are as a Developing Music Teacher
Biography
Michael Raiber is an instrumental music educator at Central Middle School in Mustang, Oklahoma.
David Teachout is a Professor of Music Education. As Associate Vice Provost, he leads the University Teaching and Learning Commons at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
"The Journey from Music Student to Teacher: A Professional Approach is the perfect text to introduce music teaching as a profession. Through its thoughtful narrative and integrated suggestions for activities that connect theory to practice, preservice music educators begin to consider their identities as music teachers, reflecting on many aspects of music teaching and learning while establishing a well-rounded foundational understanding of the profession that can connect to subsequent courses and experiences in music education."
— William I. Bauer, Professor and Area Head, Music Education, University of Florida
"This text not only serves as an essential resource for our intro course but provides the foundation for our entire music teacher education program. The content, activities, and resources inform and support our future teachers through every step in their journey to the music classroom. The Journey from Music Student to Teacher: A Professional Approach remains a critical component of all our music education classes."
— Phillip D. Payne, Associate Professor and Division Chair, Music Education, Kansas State University
"One of the most challenging elements for a beginning music teacher is understanding how they fit into the profession and how the profession melds with their identity. Raiber and Teachout provide the profession with an essential recourse as music education students navigate better understanding of the world they are about to enter. Music teachers who understand their identity and how they fit into our field have a strong foundation to be resilient and thrive. The authors seamlessly weave the development of pedagogical knowledge, skills, and a student-centered approach into a cohesive and digestible text helping our next generation of music teachers begin their journey into our profession."
— Scott Edgar, Associate Professor of Music and Chair of Music Education, Lake Forest College
