Kai Smith

Dr. Dabback — MUED 373

Critical Empowerin Lesson Steps National Lesson Form
Pedagogy g Musicians Standards
(NAfME)
Who we are Engaging 1 - Honoring their world: The students Respondin Exposition
musical will listen to the teacher perform the first g
imagination verse of the “Star Spangled Banner” as is. (8 and 9)
Then, the teacher will perform the same
piece but in 7/8 meter.
2 - Sharing the experience: The teacher
will facilitate a discussion on the
difference between the two performances.
Who they Engaging 3 - Connecting their world to the Connecting Development
may become musical classroom: The teacher connects the (10 and 11)
intellect experience to another song (The Wilde
Flowers — The Pieman Cometh) and has
the class clap the beats.
4 - Dialoguing together: The teacher
presents the idea of mixed meter and has
the students come up with a definition of
mixed meter.
5 - Practicing the content: Students
devise a checklist of the criteria for mixed
meter and find several other pieces with
mixed meter.
Who we Engaging 6 - Connecting school music to students’ Creating Improvisation
might musical world: Students are divided into small (1 and 2)
become creativity groups and compose a short piece in mixed
together meter. Students have the option of Performing
instrumentation and can add lyrics to go (4.1, 4.3, 6)
with their song. Each group will provide
the time signature in traditional notation.
7 - Assessing transformation: Each group
will perform their short composition and
the other groups will critique and discuss
the mixed meter type and presentation.
Engaging 8 - Acknowledging transformation: Performing Recapitulation
musical Students perform their short compositions (4, 6)
celebration to their peers in another class.
through
performance