Dorola, Aaron G.
BED 3-3
Teaching Music in the Elementary Grades
Theories to Practice in Teaching Music
Theories
Learning Modalities Theory
Learning Styles Theory
Field Dependence Theory
Meaningful Reception
Discovery Learning
Proponents Highlights and Features
Water Barbe and Raymond Higher student performance
Swassing was obtained by pairing a
modality-strong instructor
with a student. They suggest
that when organizing lessons,
teachers should take
advantage of the learning
styles of their students.
mode of visualization. hearing
modality. kinesthetic mode.
Rita and Kenneth Dunn The manner that each student
initially focuses on, processes,
assimilates, and retains new
and challenging knowledge is
known as their learning style.
Learning styles refer to the
fact that every person has a
unique method or manner of
learning.
Harold Witkin The field-dependence theory
is what, exactly?
It is known as field
dependence-field
independence in studies of
cognitive control. It has to do
with how much internal
(field-independent) or
external (field-dependent)
cues influence how people
locate themselves in space and
how well they can distinguish
between little details in their
surroundings.
David Ausubel According to this notion,
students learn by connecting
brand-new occurrences to pre-
existing ideas in a meaningful
way.
Jerome Bruner suggests that students build

Events of Instruction Theory
Music Learning Theory
their own knowledge by
classifying and arranging data
using a coding system. According
to Bruner, learning how to code
is more effective than being told
how to do it by a teacher.
Robert Gagne What are the lessons Gagne is
teaching?
Gain attention, inform
learners of objectives,
stimulate recollection of
earlier learning, deliver
stimulus, offer learner
direction, elicit performance,
provide feedback, measure
performance, and improve
retention and transfer are
Gagne's suggested nine events
of teaching that may improve
student learning.
The hierarchy's main purpose
is to show what needs to be
done before moving on to the
next level of learning. By
performing a task analysis on
a learning or training task,
prerequisites are found. The
sequencing of instruction is
supported by learning
hierarchies.
Richard Gordon According to Richard
Gordon's music learning
theory, a child's innate
musical ability can only be
sustained by regular, positive
exposure to musical
experiences beginning soon
after (or even before) birth
and continuing until they
reach a "stabilized" level of
musical ability around the age
of nine.
Methods for teaching music
theory are created to assist
students in becoming
internally aware of meter,
macrobeats, microbeats, and
melodic rhythm (see rhythm
content) in order to perform
with accurate rhythm, steady
tempo, and rhythmic "flow."