Re: Another Route to Grade Inflation.

"Alberto Moreira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Said  "Donna Metler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> :
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> >And-increase the time music is taught at the elementary level, so that
> >mathematics (and literacy, for that matter It is absolutely ridiculous to
> >have the primary reading teachers teaching these little rhymes and songs
for
> >phonics when it could be so easily part of the music curriculum and teach
> >multiple skills at once. And then I wouldn't have to unteach the damage
> >these well-meaning teachers do) content CAN be taught in the music
> >classroom, which will require more music teachers. Give me the K-4's for
an
> >hour a day, instead of an hour a week, and I'll be able to do a lot more
> >with them on curriculum integration-but for my school, this would require
at
> >least 3 music teachers, plus someone to teach the elective courses, where
> >currently I'm doing it all.
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> My wife teaches music at two schools, because the district won't hire
> another music teacher. Go figure... But you're right, music should be
> a daily activity, and it would take a daring teacher to introduce K4
> kids to mathematics through music.
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I'm more than willing to do it-but then, I'm actually considered to be
qualified as a math specialist teacher as well as a music specialist and a
general education teacher. There are certain concepts which I am well aware
that I already teach to a much greater degree than the actual classroom
teachers do, even in limited times. However, when budgets get tight, music
is one of the first things to go. My school should really have at least 1
1/2, if not two full-time music specialists, based on the number of classes
we have in the school. However, we have only me, which means each general ed
class gets 45 minutes instead of 60, band gets 2 hours a week instead of 60
minutes a day, and guitar and choir get 45 minutes a week instead of 90.





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> Alberto.
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