1. I must be honest, my whole life I have always gravitated more towards the sporting side of the things rather than arts and culture. My family was passionate about sport, and we had no experience in music. So, at the beginning of this semester, it is safe to say that my knowledge of music and teaching music was slim, and what I did know I knew from helping in class music lessons at the school where I work. I do feel that as the semester has gone on, I have grown in my confidence and understanding of basic music skills and what it means to teach music in Foundation Phase. The fact that we needed to write a blog post on every study unit also ensured that I dove deeper into the content and made sense of all the new information, skills, knowledge and experiences.

2. As I said, the fact that we needed to write a blog reflection helped me to ensure that I put in the necessary time to make sense of the topics.

I found it quite challenging to remain disciplined and focussed to carve out the time needed to go through all the content for each learning unit.

Reflecting on life aside from studies was very helpful and meaningful, and it was just good to take a moment and write out what how I’m feeling and why. I have enjoyed reading my previous blogs over and seeing how I have overcome the stresses that I wrote about a few weeks ago.

3. I felt that the reading material was a lot to go through, and when you are studying online, it is often easy to skim through parts of it or overlook it completely. When you see pages and pages of writing, it is quite daunting and difficult to get motivated to work through it all.

I probably founded the unit about planning a music lesson the most valuable and feel that I will use it throughput my career.

I also enjoyed learning about the integration of music with other subjects, and it is something I am already applying in my class. You can use music in so many ways.