Studio habits of mind reading assignment7/18/2023 ![]() Particularly finding some standards to use. There were certain aspects of this lesson plan in which my past experience didn’t directly apply. Relying on the way of thinking I practiced during this time of my life was quite helpful in this activity. Namely, there was a workshop I took in my undergraduate studies in which we practiced creative music composition and improvisation techniques that came in handy. I have a fair amount of musical skills amassed over the years that made this assignment fairly straightforward. In order to do this, I had to constantly ask myself some of the following questions, “What musical experiences does this problem remind me of? How can I relate the principles of this HOM to musical situations that I’m familiar with? What parts of the problem of applying HOM to music could I use more clarity on?” That’s because it took a fair bit of piecing together old skills to figure out exactly how the more general metacognitive techniques of Interdependent Thinking specifically fit into music. This was based on some musings from an earlier assignment (see: ).Īlthough the content of the proposed lesson plan was centered on the “Thinking Interdependently” HOM, I found that I actually had to use more of the “Applying Past Knowledge” HOM in order to create it. I created a proposal for a music lesson plan which centered on the Habit of Mind “Thinking Interdependently” See the proposal here. I guess in the end, like anything, what does any skill mean without its opposite? What is repetition without variance? What is control without chaos? What is logic without irrationality? What is orderly without the disorderly? What is soft without loud, or high without low, wide without narrow, or sparse without dense? Edit Reply Reply with AI In these cases, a controlled, broad kind of inaccuracy is the name of the game! Such instances might include if you’re a composer and you need to paraphrase a musical idea, if you’re a soloist and you want to avoid a “rigid” type of sound, or if you’re an improvisor and you are striving for wide variation from a common theme. In a musical situation, for example, it can be often be entirely appropriate to employ a “loose” type of mindset. ![]() In contrast to the importance of accuracy and precision, I do also think that consciously employing the opposite approach from time to time can be a necessary, rewarding and fun endeavor. ![]() It was an example of how sometimes, the nitty-gritty details can get you - so watch out! Although nothing bad happened, I did end up having to rewrite a comment in the more specific format that was specified. There were some specific guidelines for discussion that I was required to follow, but I neglected to carefully study to the specific requirements. I did this, for the most part, but my own lack of attention to detail got me caught up in the final stages, causing me to have to go back over my own work. ![]() I was supposed to write an educational proposal for a lesson plan, publish it on YouthVoices and then comment on several of my peers’ works. This week I had an assignment which challenged me in this particular Habit of Mind. ![]()
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