Viola Practicum

Course content and preparation: Practicum is a course about how to teach. Each participant will share videos of their teaching. We will analyze and discuss the pedagogical, technical, musical, and psychological elements of each. Video lesson segments should include a complete 30-minute private lesson working on Suzuki repertoire and one 30-minute segment of participant’s choice. Possibilities are a consecutive lesson of the same student, a group lesson, a reading lesson, a challenging student, a behavior-issue lesson, a parent-issue lesson, a lesson at a different book level, a student recital, etc. More footage may be prepared, but amount of viewing will depend on time constraints, class size, etc.

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