I have often been suprised of the effect a little song before a lecture can highten the mood and the motivation of my students. does anyone have similar experiences?
I think there's another ways to highten the mood and the motivation of students.
I don’ t have that kind of experience...rather involvement of students during delievering a lecture is beneficial
During lectures, Yes! Apart from arousing interest, it is the commonest method of collective involvement in a teaching/learning scenario. Students learn fast with familiar experiences acquired even before school age, one of which, is singing. Again, the auditory capacity of individual student enables assimilation and reproduction of motifs and phrases for effective understanding of subject ,matter.
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Baljit Singh Emurobome Idolor Lakhwinder Kaur Rana Burhan Alshahwany Thank you for your input. I have a colleague who claims he has never completed a math lesson without using his guitar at least once. He claims the relations in his class thrive because of this way of working. My master students also enjoy singing. I aim to do more of this in the future.
This is individual difference. Most music scholars sing intuitively and it is the function of the brain.
Interesting idea... Why not, if it can improve cooperation, relation and focus to the topic...
Ladislav Rozenský I love the book Laws Book II by Plato. He actually recommends both singing and dancing in education. He, or more rightly his dialogue characters, claim singing and dancing brings you in touch with your feelings and can facilitate good moral upbringing. My students are both suprised and get a bit awkward when I suggest singing, but it builds relations and brings out a smile.
@Kjartan Skogly Kversøy exactly.. Good job! Plato and Aristoteles were so far in the teaching in that time... Briliant!
Dear Dr Kjartan Skogly Kversøy . Yes it is very good to make some entertainment during lectures like saying jokes , singing , …..etc . This will fix the moods of the students and teachers . I support this idea strongly.
Ladislav Rozenský Aref Wazwaz Thank you for the support and input.
You are most welcome dear Kjartan Skogly Kversøy .
Wish you the best always.
There is a lot of research to suggest that singing actually helps students learn better for a number of reasons, beyond mere entertainment. It would be an interesting topic for proper study I believe. I'm curious - how do you plan what to sing? Do you sing folk songs - material familiar to most of your students? Songs connected to the material to be taught?
Diana R Wilson My experience has primarily been singing songs the students are familiar with with maby only at best a hint to the topic at hand. Mostly it has been to invite humour into the class and build relationships between the students. I often also play the mouth harp or invite students to take initiativ to lead everything from Tai Chi to reading a poem. The point is to engage and make the gap between teacher and students as small as possible.
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