culturally responsive music education Archives

Research to Practice: Embracing Differences

It is through treating our students as individuals that they can learn to meaningfully connect to music. That means that we, as teachers, should seek to make music classes not just about our own musical interests, but about the musical interests of our students too. [...]

Culturally Responsive Teaching: Using Exit Tickets to Foster Joy

By Theresa Thomasulo|2021-06-22T10:08:26-05:00June 21st, 2021|Choir, General Music, Inspiration, Middle school, Series, Stories, Teaching, Teaching Philosophy, The Asterisk, Virtual education|

Today’s Topic: Culturally responsive teaching with exit tickets (fostering joy) Today’s Tip: Utilize daily exit tickets for qualitative data that informs your practice. Exit tickets work! Since the pandemic started, I have been using exit tickets to gauge student engagement and understanding. It started as a [...]