In an approach to teach music and art during the time period of WWI, the teacher will first discuss the history of WWI while engaging the class with questions and response of the time period. To include social interaction, the teacher can spit the class into groups to create their interpretation of historical events that they have grasped from the text by making a timeline.
Next the teacher will incorporate music and art of the time by letting the class listen to band marches written for WWI and show slides of artwork done throughout the DaDa movement. A constructivist approach would be letting the class interact with each other to come up with a piece of work to demonstrate in front of the class what they have learned in this arts/humanities unit with music and art. The students draw from the aspects they have learned in order to "teach" the class a song, skit, or show a piece of art as a way for the teacher to assess in an engaging and fun environment During class time, the teacher should move about the room to assist students and ask questions to encourage creative thinking skills.
I feel that in my area, music, a constructivist approach will almost be an every day teaching in order to assess students. The students should feel comfortable to ask questions and to perform in front of one another. Below is a quote from an article in ERIC.
"A Constructivist View of Music Education: Perspectives for Deep Learning" |
"A constructivist music classroom exemplifies deep learning when students formulate questions, acquire new knowledge by developing and implementing plans for investigating these questions, and reflect on the results." - Sheila Scott
That is a great quote. I agree that constructivism is something that seems to align very well with the goals of a music classroom, and I think you demonstrate knowledge of what you will need to do in this lesson in order to have a constructivist classroom.
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