Klarinet Archive - Posting 000229.txt from 1998/04

From: "Laate, Melissa" <laatem@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: lesson motivation
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 22:59:42 -0400

Are these students required to play in a recital? Sometimes the fear of
embarrassment is a great motivation! :)

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> From: dap@-----.net]
> Reply To: klarinet@-----.us
> Sent: Monday, April 06, 1998 10:49 AM
> To: klarinet@-----.us
> Subject: lesson motivation
>
> 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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> dap@-----.net
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