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nafmeadminWe would like to know!!!!
Have you started to integrate the new National Music Standards (2014) into your classroom? If so, how? Has your district been discussing the new standards? If so, what discussions are you having with your colleagues/administration? Is your state one of the states who has officially adopted the new music standards? If so, can you tell us about the adoption? If not, is your state in the process of looking at adopting the new standards? What discussions are you having with colleagues? Lawmakers? Other stakeholders?
The NAfME Council for General Music Education would love to hear from you on what you, your district, and/or your state has done with the new standards. Please tell us your story using this thread in the NAfME Forum for General Music!!!
Most Sincerely,
Bridget James
Chair
NAfME Council for General Music Education (NCGME)
nafmeadminMy state, CT, just recently adopted the standards, but my previous urban district adopted them immediately once they came out. We were given several workshops about the standards in which we analyzed the new standards and discussed activities which would connect to given strands. If you email me I can put you in touch with my previous supervisor who could expand on this. m.mangino@yahoo.com
My current district -another urban district 🙂 – is using the new standards to write a curriculum. This summer a bunch of us in the Music department (and members of each other academic department) are beginning this process.
I personally have gotten a lot of lesson ideas as I read through them- ways I could expand on activities I already do which would include more grade-level-appropriate analytical discussions. I think they are raising the bar for what we do and what we expect of our students.
nafmeadminMaria,
Thank you so much for your feedback! I will share this with the NAfME Council for General Music Education and I will also reach out to you via email for further information. Really appreciate the time you took in replying.
Would love to hear more from other General Music teachers out there on where their state/district is in adopting and/or using the new National Music Standards! Hope you are all enjoying the summer!
Respectfully,
Bridget James
Chair
NAfME Council for General Music Education (NCGME)
Christopher M. Johnson, Professor of Music Education and Music Therapy, is currently the Chair of the Music Education and Music Therapy Department and Director of the Music Research Institute at the University of Kansas. Johnson earned his Ph.D. from the Florida State University.
Since his arrival at The University of Kansas, Johnson has taught courses in Instrumental Conducting, Teaching Instrumental Music, Managing Behaviors in the Music Environment, Psychology and Acoustics of Music, and Research Methods in Music Education and Music Therapy. Johnson served two terms as the editor of the International Journal of Music Education: Research, the research publication of the International Society for Music Education. He is currently serving his second term on the National Association for Music Educations Executive Committee of the Society for Research in Music Education. He also served on the editorial board of the Journal of Research in Music Education, and one earlier term as the Chair for the MENC Executive Committee of the Society for Research in Music Education. Johnson also served as the Chair for the Research Commission of the International Society for Music Education.
Johnson’s research interests include applied research in music education, and basic research in all aspects of the psychology of music. He has published articles in many journals including the Journal of Research in Music Education, the International Journal of Music Education, the Journal of Music Therapy, Journal of Band Research, Contributions to Music Education, and the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, among others. Johnson has also been an active member and contributor to the Research Seminar of the International Society for Music Education and World Alliance for Arts Education.
Johnson received a university teaching award – the Ned N. Fleming Award for Excellence in Teaching and received the recognition for Graduate Teaching Achievement from the Center for Teaching Excellence. Johnson was also awarded a lecturing & research award as a J. William Fulbright Scholar and recently received the Ella Scoble Opperman Citation for Distinguished Achievement from the Florida State University College of Music.
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