034 - Do We Really Teach How We Were Taught?

Field Notes on Music Teaching & Learning · Sep 8, 2021 · 11m

Perhaps you've heard the age-old adage: we teach how we were taught.Of course, we know this isn’t the full story: we all have unique backgrounds and a variety of experiences that inform the people we are today and the teachers we are becoming.Observing our own teachers is certainly a part of that, but this alone doesn’t define what type of teacher we are or will become. But it is worth considering every now and again: How do these influences and past experiences affect our teaching mindsets, our approaches, and the way we think about learning? That’s what we’re going to talk about today.For…