Hey guys,

Here are my thoughts on the questions for study unit one.

I love music and I think most people or children do. When I was in the foundation phase the teachers did not use music to teach, so this is a very exciting concept that I cannot wait to gain more knowledge and skills to use it in my classroom.

Before this study unit I did not know that you can incorporate music with teaching in so many different ways. I do have confidence in the theory of music but not in how to incorporate my music knowledge with movement teaching ideas and activities. I am so excited to see where it leads me. I hope to learn how to manage the classroom whilst doing such fun activities and to use the right activities to get the most out of the learners. Currently I am not too confident in integrating music into my teaching, but I sure am excited and ready to learn how.

This is a hard choice to make. I do love music and physical education. Before this study unit I would probably without a doubt chose physical education but with the knowledge and research I have done about music education it makes me lean more towards it. There are so many aspects to music education, students learn a new skill (playing an instrument), which gives them confidence, they learn to interact and work with their peers to create music together, even use problem solving when they might not agree on how to make the music or when their song doesn’t sound like they thought it would. They also have a little bit of physical education with stomping their feet etc. I think when using music education in different ways you can facilitate most if not all of the aspects of holistic development. It is up to the teacher or me to create and choose the right activities to improve the students’ holistic development. 

See you soon!