Klarinet Archive - Posting 000226.txt from 1998/04

From: dap@-----. Paprocki)
Subj: lesson motivation
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 22:59:39 -0400

This is to all the teachers and professors on the list. What techniques do
you use to motivate your students? How do you objectively judge your
students in order to grade them? Do you set some technical requirements
(number of scales and speed, number of etudes satisfactory completed, etc)
for the basis of grades?
I normally don't have to worry about motivation. The student what
to play better or learn a piece or solo but I have had some students that
don't practice and just show up for a lesson in awful shape. Most of these
students are music (ed) majors who (I think) desided on this major because
band in high school was "fun" and they didn't have any other interests. I
have tried to maintain some objective tasks in the lessons so that there is
a basis for a bad grade other than my opinion however expert that may be.
What do others do?

Dan

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Daniel A. Paprocki

Instructor of Clarinet & Music, Malone College
Adjunct Professor of Clarinet, Kent State University - Stark Campus

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