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The Importance of Music Education
from:Music education is very important in our society and to our children and families today. There are so many different ways in which music affects our lives and our society. Do you really understand the importance of music education? Do you know why your children should be studying and learning about music? Do you understand how it can help their future?
Companies like the National Association for Music Education work hard to keep programs in public schools and other ways of teaching young people more about music. There are many different ways to motivate and enhance music education. For example, there are books that teach children how to read music and write musical notes and songs. You can also get videos, DVDs, tapes and more to help teach yourself or your child music.
The opening statement of “The Value and Quality of Arts Education: A Statement of Principles,” a document from the nation’s ten most important educational organizations, including the American Association of School Administrators, the National Education Association, the National Parent Teacher Association, and the National School Boards Association states “Every student in the nation should have an education in the arts.” This could not be truer. It’s not likely that anyone will argue the importance of this but the problem is finding the time and the funding to get music education taught properly in schools.
People need to understand just how music education helps kids in schools and how it helps them prepare for the future. There are many ways that a music education can help your child succeed. It will help them with:
* School
* Society
* Life
* Relationships
* Developing intelligence
* And more
Music is a basic part of the fabric of our society. We face it many times every day in many different ways. Children that learn to understand music and grow up with an appreciation for it will fit in well and succeed in society that is based on music. Music can also help children succeed in school. They can do well in music related classes which helps them succeed in other classes as well. Music can also be a great tutoring school. An appreciation and knowledge of music can help them boost their confidence to do well on other things.
The better people understand the benefits of a music education, the better we can strive through getting it to all school-aged children. Music can help shape the type of person your child will be, how they respond and interact with other people and things around them and shape their personalities.
Elementary Education And Music News
Evergreen Park World Elementary students get firsthand introduction to other countries (Brooklyn Center Sun-Post)
Students at Evergreen Park World Studies Elementary School recently got a firsthand introduction to other countries right in their own school.
Read more...Lynn schools’ Fine Arts Dept. helps poor kids make music (The Daily Item)
LYNN - The last few years have been successful for the Lynn Public Schools music department, but without the help of a scholarship and instrument donation program, many of the department’s most talented musicians would have never been given the opportunity to reach their potential.
Read more...SUNDAY FOCUS : Double the music !`` With a second high school, Rogers has plenty of music options in the district. (NWAnews.com)
ROGERS — Like everything else at the secondary level in Rogers schools, the music programs changed this year. (Benton County Daily Record)
Read more...Rap music gets kids to spot stroke and call 911 (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A novel stroke education program that uses hip-hop music to teach 9- to 11-year-olds living in a high-risk community to recognize when a person is having a stroke and summon help quickly can work, researchers have found.
Read more...Teacher honor roll (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
School: Weisser Park Elementary, Fort Wayne Community Schools Education: Bachelor’s and master’s degrees in elementary education from Indiana University Years teaching: 34 City born and raised: Fort Wayne Current hometown: Fort Wayne Family: Daughter, Emily, teaches third grade across the Photo caption: Johnson
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