Re: The Guitar Teacher Project

Sorry to barge in but I can't take it any more.


- Anyone who thinks Music and Artistic pursuits are equally "rigorous"
in approach to that of (say) mathematics is very confused and almost
certainly devoid of any contact with science or mathematics. To any
sane mathematician what is called music theory is nothing more than
a taxonomy. Actually to call it a theory in the sense that science or
mathematics uses that word is a bit of an embarrassment. Rigorous and
arduous are not synonyms.

- This entire discussion would benefit by distinguishing among motivation,
goals, and curriculum. On curriculum the instructor should have strong
opinions. On the other two usually not, though the idea of "practice police"
can be useful. Goals are different from milestones. Don't ever let anyone
else set your goals unless you are a colony organism. An instructor must
let the student set their own goals (perhaps w/ parental oversight) and
then take very seriously the task of helping the student achieve those goals.
Run from any instructor who does not understand this.

- It seems unusual that instructors maintain the distinction between their
own agenda and the goals of their students. It's far less work to just
hand them a book and keep repeating "try again". On this point I suspect I'm
(again) in agreement with .Herr oder Frau hw.

Regards,
b


hw wrote:


Should the students in the English class decide what books to read and when to read them? What about the math students? Chemistry students? Medical students?

Curriculum decisions are the responsibility of the instructor, not the student. Music is the same as any other academic pursuit in this way. ...joe

i do not teach at academic level, but i did study at the hilversums conservatory and at this level the student was by all means responsible for his "academic pursuit". i'd expect this to be similar at other universities like the new school as well. studying music (and studying the art of improvisation) fundamentally differs from studying chemistry or math.
.

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