SO UN D I N G T H E T E A CH IN G
EX A MI NI NG MU SI C LEA R NI NG EX P ER I ENC ES
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Exposition
STUDENT Y
STUDENT D
A very confident boy with a flair
for dance. He loved performing
for an audience and had taken
part in Dancesport competitions
previously.
He found it fun leading
his group.
He expressed his eagerness
for leading future drumming
groups.
He felt that leaders do not
need to know everything. They
needed to organise the group,
ensure all members are paying
attention to one another and
that all of them were able to do
what they were supposed to do.
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He didn’t think it was a good
idea for all the members to
make music decisions. He found
that some members were too
lazy to contribute ideas and just
agreed with everything.
He believed that leaders need
to listen and learn from their
members. He shared that at
times, he didn’t facilitate and
just let his group discussed as
everyone seemed to know what
they were doing.
He shared that his group
members liked to argue and
always thought their ideas were
better than others’. Most of the
time, he had to shout at them to
stop the argument.
A more liberal leader compared
to the rest. He believed in giving
his members more freedom
and space to explore the
instruments and rhythm. During
one of the activities, he was
observed telling his members to
play whatever they liked without
giving specific instructions. He
had problems getting them back
together after that.
He felt that leaders should be
better at drumming and knew
more than the members.
He also mentioned that it was
a bit frustrating at times when
his members went “crazy”
during group work, and he had
a difficult time trying to get
them back on task. His decision
to give his members free rein
in their rhythms might have
contributed to his stress.
However, he admitted that
those stressful experiences
gave him a better idea of how to
handle similar situations in
the future.
STUDENT K
A soft-spoken boy.
He found the whole leadership
experience fun, especially when
the team got to experiment
with different instruments while
deciding on the sound
they wanted.
He admitted that he had
problems controlling his
group’s noise level during the
discussion. He said he tried
to role model the correct
behaviour but did not see
any improvement in the
members' behaviour.
He believed that leaders should
not be arrogant and bossy but
should help their members.
He felt that leaders should be
attentive to their members’
performance and help those
who were unsure of the rhythm.
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