Mr. Holland's Opus
This clip from Mr. Holland's Opus is truly an effective way of teaching. Mr. Holland is a music teacher that is trying to bring back the music program at a high school. After realizing that his teaching methods were not working, he decides to change his way of teaching music to his students. One of his students is seen during this scene in the movie. Gertrude Lang is a clarinet player who practices every day, but she still ends up producing mistakes, which then causes her to tell Mr. Holland that she wants to quit playing the clarinet. The teaching strategy that Mr. Holland's used to resolve this problem was personalizing the situation. He asks Gertrude what makes her happy and what the favorite part of herself is. She responds saying that she adores her hair because her father tells her that it looks like a sunset. In response to this, Mr. Holland asks Gertrude to play "the sunset". He is very supportive, and shares his happiness when his pupil finally produces the sound they both wanted to hear. I chose this clip because the thing that spoke out to me was when Mr. Holland told Gertrude that music is a lot more than notes on a page. This stuck to me, as I was always taught by learning what was on the page, and not really focusing on my feeling towards the piece I was performing. Mr. Holland's Opus is an terrific example of music education. It serves as a reminder of why we endure music and the music educators that support their students through rough times of practicing. We can not make students feel a certain way about a song or tune that they are practicing, but we can certainly help guide them on the right path to become successful musicians.
This clip from Mr. Holland's Opus is truly an effective way of teaching. Mr. Holland is a music teacher that is trying to bring back the music program at a high school. After realizing that his teaching methods were not working, he decides to change his way of teaching music to his students. One of his students is seen during this scene in the movie. Gertrude Lang is a clarinet player who practices every day, but she still ends up producing mistakes, which then causes her to tell Mr. Holland that she wants to quit playing the clarinet. The teaching strategy that Mr. Holland's used to resolve this problem was personalizing the situation. He asks Gertrude what makes her happy and what the favorite part of herself is. She responds saying that she adores her hair because her father tells her that it looks like a sunset. In response to this, Mr. Holland asks Gertrude to play "the sunset". He is very supportive, and shares his happiness when his pupil finally produces the sound they both wanted to hear. I chose this clip because the thing that spoke out to me was when Mr. Holland told Gertrude that music is a lot more than notes on a page. This stuck to me, as I was always taught by learning what was on the page, and not really focusing on my feeling towards the piece I was performing. Mr. Holland's Opus is an terrific example of music education. It serves as a reminder of why we endure music and the music educators that support their students through rough times of practicing. We can not make students feel a certain way about a song or tune that they are practicing, but we can certainly help guide them on the right path to become successful musicians.
Matilda
I chose this clip from the 1996 film Matilda, because it is a perfect example of problematic teaching. In this case it is the horrible teaching by principal Ms. Trunchbull. During this scene, Matilda the young girl and the rest of her classmates are yelled at, because Ms. Trunchbull has something to tell them. The teaching strategies she uses are force, and threat towards her students. In this scene she is seen kicking all the school tables towards the back of the classroom, making the children terrified by her actions. She then yells at them to stand in a straight line before she starts to talk to them, and if a student does not obey her rules, then they will be punished. This way of teaching will not only get you fired from your job, but it does not help the kids at all. Instead of supporting the kids, and letting them have a freedom of speech, Ms. Trunchbull cuts off every student that wants to say something, or do something different then what she asks them to do. She is the dictator of this high school, and it is clearly shown in her teaching abilities throughout this clip. As an educator you have to be calm, and allow your students to explain what they think of a particular assignment or test. Ms. Trunchbull has no patience and it is very evident during this clip and this movie. A "bad teacher" is one who does not care about a student's right and is very abusive towards their learners. Ms. Trunchbull is that "bad teacher".
I chose this clip from the 1996 film Matilda, because it is a perfect example of problematic teaching. In this case it is the horrible teaching by principal Ms. Trunchbull. During this scene, Matilda the young girl and the rest of her classmates are yelled at, because Ms. Trunchbull has something to tell them. The teaching strategies she uses are force, and threat towards her students. In this scene she is seen kicking all the school tables towards the back of the classroom, making the children terrified by her actions. She then yells at them to stand in a straight line before she starts to talk to them, and if a student does not obey her rules, then they will be punished. This way of teaching will not only get you fired from your job, but it does not help the kids at all. Instead of supporting the kids, and letting them have a freedom of speech, Ms. Trunchbull cuts off every student that wants to say something, or do something different then what she asks them to do. She is the dictator of this high school, and it is clearly shown in her teaching abilities throughout this clip. As an educator you have to be calm, and allow your students to explain what they think of a particular assignment or test. Ms. Trunchbull has no patience and it is very evident during this clip and this movie. A "bad teacher" is one who does not care about a student's right and is very abusive towards their learners. Ms. Trunchbull is that "bad teacher".
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