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Date Posted: 11:42:29 02/26/07 Mon
Author: Amanda Chaney
Subject: Re: General Music-- The Scum of Music Education?
In reply to: Nickie 's message, "General Music-- The Scum of Music Education?" on 20:26:08 02/18/07 Sun

I think that it's not just elementary music educators that are looked down upon in general, but I think there is this stigma surrounding all music education. I think not just teachers, but people outside of the education career, especially superintendents, etc. sometimes think that teaching music is easy or that it requires little knowledge and/or preperation. which is why many schools have teachers who do not have a music education degree, but either were in choir or band in college or have a music minor teach general music or one of the ensembles.

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[> Re: General Music-- The Scum of Music Education? -- Jessalyn, 20:23:25 02/27/07 Tue [1]

I dont think its always looked down upon. But I think there is resentment due to the fact that some early music ed teachers dont always fully instill the best musical understanding in their students. And if they dont, when they reach higher grades more time has to be wasted to catch up instead of going ahead and building on previous knowledge. If those blocks arent in place, then you cannot continue to build upon them to widen their range of knowledge.

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