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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

mcinturf@shsu.edu

© Matthew McInturf, 2012

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