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IAM feeling so excited because the week has finally ended at last, I could rest myself. As this has been a very long week for me due to the load of work I had. Data and loadshedding are the main components that have inhibited my studies this week. I have been struggling with data and this has made me to lose some of my online classes I couldn't attend them this made me to fall behind with my studies and also the loadshedding that occurred repeatedly in our area made to lose out some of the important work I had to postpone my work as my batteries were low and I could not study in the darkness.
I have learnt that music plays an important role in the development of foundation phase learners. Through music can foster relationship and interactions with each other. Another point is that music promote the physical development of the foundation phase learners.the most important concepts for me were the learning theories which is Erikson's stages of psychosocial development, Piaget's cognitive development theory and vygotsky and the zone of proximal development. All these theories talk about the children's growth and how they interact with their surrounding world in order for them to learn and gain knowledge.
The intergration of music in the foundation phase increases the learners ability and also when the learners take part in music by singing songs , clapping their hands , moving around their physical development grows . However music can also help to retain the learners memories as they are able to remember important words as they sing. I would choose incorporating music education because it develops the physical development of learners , music helps to expand the learners vocabulary by learning new words. Another point is that when the learners engage in music activities their academic achievement will be improved ad music education promotes higher- order thinking skills, logical and abstract thinking and internalisation of knowledge.
Final blog post: individual reflection.
10 Nov 2021, 17:15
In the beginning of the semester I have learnt a lot from this module . However I have also developed a positive attitude towards my studies and read hard so that I may be able to understand the concepts of this module much better. I did my level best to ensure that I master all the concepts that we were taught by our lecture.
Through reflections I was able to deepen my understanding about the topic of music education while consulting different sources and opinions. I have learnt from other people's experiences and skills about how music can be intergrated into education in order to make it a success.
The Assignment were very challenging at some point I once wrote an assignment which I did not understand at first and ended up failing it , However we were given a second chance to rewrite that's when I thoroughly re read through the Assignment and did exactly what was required of me it was much better than before.
Individual reflection were successful because in order for us to understand the concepts of music we must be able to reflect on our weaknesses and strength about this module. However reflections helps us to measure our understanding and helps us to correct where we have made mistakes.
In this module what I have found interesting is that the lecture used different media platforms in order to engage with us the students. He encouraged us to participate in the lessons and provided us with enough materials for learning. We were always given a chance to ask questions and received feedback on time. We participated in groupworks which helped us to learn about different skills and experiences about music that we can apply in our teaching practices.
The main challenges I experienced in this module was self studying ,lack of enough time to complete my assignment , and lack of internet connection as I sometimes struggled to attend some of my classes.