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REPORTR ESUMES ED 1)17 546 TE 499 996 DEVELOPMENT AND TRIAL IN A JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL OF A TWO VEAP CURRICULUM IN GENERAL MUSIC. BY- REIMER, BENNETT CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIV., CLEVELAND, OHIO REPORT NUMBER ti-116 PUB DATE AUG 67 REPORT NUMBER BR -5 -0257 CONTRAC% OEC6-10-096 EDRS PRICE MF-$1.75 HC-617.56 437P. DESCRIPTORS- *CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, *CURRICULUM GUIDES, *MUSIC EDUCATION, *SECONDARY EDUCATION, MUSIC, MUSIC ACTIVITIES, MUSIC READING, MUSIC TECHNIQUES, MUSIC THEORY, INSTRUMENTATION, LISTENING SKILLS, FINE ARTS, INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, TEACHING TECHNIQUES, JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, CLEVELAND, THIS RESEARCH PRODUCED AID TRIED A SYLLABUS FOR JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL GENERAL H,:lSIC CLASSES. THE COURSE IS BASED ON (1) A STUDY OF THE CURRENT STATUS OF SUCH CLASSES AND SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVING THEM,(2) A PARTICULAR AESTHETIC POSITION ABOUT THE NATURE AND VALUE OF MUSIC AND THE MEANS FOR REALIZING MUSIC'S VALUE,(3) RELEVANT PRINCIPLES OF COURSE CONSTRUCTION AND PEDAGOGY FROM THE CURRICULUM REFORM MOVEMENT IN AMERICAN EDUCATION, AND (4) COMBINING THE ABOVE POINTS IN AN ATTEMPT TO SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF PRESENT NEEDS, A CONSISTENT AND WELL-ACCEPTED PHILOSOPHICAL POSITION, AND CURRENT THOUGHT ABOUT EDUCATIONAL STRATEGY. THE MAJOR OBJECTIVE OF THE COURSE IS TO DEVELOP THE ABILITY TO HAVE AESTHETIC EXPERIENCES OF MUSIC. SUCH EXPERIENCES ARE CONSIDERED TO CONTAIN TWO ESSENTIAL BEHAVIORS -- AESTHETIC PERCEPTION AND AESTHETIC REACTION. THE COURSE MATERIALS ARE DESIGNED TO SYSTEMATICALLY IMPROVE THE ABILITY TO PERCEIVE THE AESTHETIC CONTENT OF MUSIC, IN A CONTEXT WHICH ENCOURAGES FEELINGFUL REACTION TO THE PERCEIVED AESTHETIC CONTENT. THE BASIC COMPONENTS OF THE COURSE ARE (1) VERBAL MATERIAL ABOUT MUSIC'S AESTHETIC NATURE AND STRUCTURE, (2) ACTIVITIES WHICH MAKE TANGIBLE THE CONCEPTIONS IN THE MATERIAL, AND (3) LISTENINGS WHICH ILLUSTRATE THE NATURE OF MUSIC AND WHICH FOSTER KEENER MUSICAL PERCEPTION AND DEEPER MUSICAL REACTION. THE BASIC METHOD IS A CONSTANT MOVEMENT FROM SYNTHESIS TO ANALYSIS TO SYNTHESIS. THE MAJOR CONCEPTION OF THE COURSE--THAT MUSIC IS A MEANS FOR EXPLORING AND UNDERSTANDING HUMAN FEELING -- RECURS THROUGHOUT THE MATERIAL IN PROGESSIVELY MORE SOPHISTICATED SETTINGS. (THE COURSE SYLLABUS AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING IT COMPRISE THE MAJOR PART OF THIS DOCUMENT.) (AUTHOR) FINAL REPORT t ce--5 0257 Project No. H-116 Contract No. 0E-6-10-096 DEVELOPMENT AND TRIAL IN A JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL OF A TWO-YEAR CURRICULUM IN GENERAL MUSIC August, 1967 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE Office of Education Bureau of Research DEVELOPMENT AND TRiAL INA JUNIOR AND SENIORHIGH SCHOOL OF A TWO-YEARCURRICULUM IN GENERALMUSIC Project No. H-116 Contract No.0E-6-10-096 Bennett Reimer August, 1967 to a The research reportedherein was performed pursuant contract with theOffice of Education, U.S. Department cf Health, Education,and Welfare. Contractors under- taking such projectsunder Government sponsorship are encouraged to expressfreely their professionaljudgment in the conduct ofthe project. Points of view or opinions stated do not, therefore,necessarily represent official Office of Educationposition or policy. Case Western ReserveUniversity Cleveland, Ohio HEALTH, EDUCATION & WELFARE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF OFFICE OF EDUCATION RECEIVED FROM THE THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEENREPRODUCED EXACTLY AS POINTS OF VIEW OROPINIONS PERSON OR ORGANIZATIONORIGINATING IT. REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICEOF EDUCATION STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY POSITION OR POLICY. 1 Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Method 25 Results 29 Dis;ussion 31 Conclusions, Implications,Recommendations 36 Summary 39 References 43 Appendix A A-1 Appendix B B-1 ii simplawarmiresairrorioriemassomMINIONIV Lknowleul tments It would be impossible to name all the people who supplied important information, ideas, counsel and other assistance to this project. In the course of three years the director was fortunate to receiving aid of every sort and degree from many people who shared his concern for curriculum development in general and secon- dary level music classes in particular. This interest and coopers- tieln provided comfort and inspiration as well as more tangibleaid. The director owes a great debt of gratitude to his two project assistants, Mr. Donald Metz and Mr. James Standifer. For two years, through the writing of the syllabusand its trial in the schools, Mr. Standifer and Mk. Metz provided countlessdetails, ideas, reactions, suggestions.A large portion of whatever merit this project contains is attributable to the high quality of their thinking, their musicianship, their teaching, and their loyalty. Along with Mr. Kevin McCarthy, who taught the course ia the third school system, the project staff was as ideal as anyone could hope for. The director counts it a privilege to have been as. .-..sated, personally as well as professionally, with these men. The school systems of Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and Warrensville Heights, Ohio, provided trial classesand all the academia paraphernalia these entail.The director is grateful to Superintendent Frank Gerhardt and Director of Educa- tion Walter Kincaid of Cleveland Heights, Superintendent William M. Root of Warrensville Heights, and Dr. Robert Rimer, Directing Supervisor of Music, Cleveland, for their cooperation in setting up machinery for the trial teaching. Particular thanks go to the Principals of the schoolsinvolved; Joseph DiNunzio and Jas Robert Klein in Cleveland, James Gordon and UnitPrincipal John Farinacci in Cleveland Heights, and Margaret K. Langand L. J. Tome in Warrensville Heights. Miss Joy Lawrence, Cleveland Heights general music teacher, provided valuable insightsand suggestions. To all the children in our trial classes go our thanks and our sympathy for having had to discover our mistakes through teaching them. Many teachers of secondary general music classes through- out the United States took the time and interest to shareinforma- tion about their teaching. These include the following, to whom the director offers his sincere thanks: iii Mr. Jason N. Bauch, 1473 Whaleneck Rd., Merrick, New York; Mr. Alfred W. Bleckschmidt, Supervisor, Fine Arts Education, Jefferson Bldg., Jefferson City, Missouri; Mr. MiltonBliss, Page Senior High School, Greensboro, North Carolina; Miss Joan E.Blume, Highland Park High School, Highland ?ark, New Jersey; Miss Pauline Brothers, North Central High School, 1801 East 86th St., Indianapolis, Indiana 46240; Mr. Gerald D. Buckler, Grove Junior High School, Elk Grove Village, Illinois; Mr. John F. Buckner, Lincoln Rural High School, Lincoln, Kansas; Mrs. Joan Burton, 5530 Dudley Court, Arvada, Colorado; Mr. David Campbell, Cook County Elementary School District 144, Markham,Illinois; Mr. Hal K. Campbell, 2693 Glenmare St., Salt Lake City, Utah84106; Mrs. Era Byrd Chandler, Youree Drive Junior High School,Shreveport, Louisiana; Mr. Wayne E. Childers, Solomon Junior High School, Greenville, Mississippi; Miss Catherine Ann Cook, 2251 E. Stadium Blvd., Ann Arbor, Michigan; Mr. Robert L. Cowden, Valley Forge High School, 9999 Independence Rd., Parma Heights, Ohio; Miss Marilyn Curt, Meadowbrook Junior High School, Shawnee-Mission,Kansas; Mr. James A. Dalton, Alameda Junior High School, 200 S.Harlan St., Dervtir, Colorado; Miss Betty R. Davis, Vocal Music Teacher, Albert H. Hill Junior High School, 3400 Patterson Ave., Richmond, Virginia; Mr. Tracy W. Dilling, Vocal Instructor, Lincoln Junior High School, Salina, Kansas; Mrs. Donald Everhart, 537 S. Pine Ave., Arlington Heights, Illinois; Mr. George Favale, Junior High School, West Hempstead, New York; Mr. Melaniusz Jan Gienko, 1551 N. Honore St., Chicago, Illinois; Mr. A. Oren Gould, Western IllinoisUniver- sity, Macomb, Illinois; Mr. Paul Haack, 212 Music Hall,The University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin; Mr. Robert Klotman, Director of Music, Detroit Public Schools, Division for Improvement of Instruc- tion, Department of Art and Music Education, Detroit, Michigan; Miss Rosa J. Little, 6016-24th Ave., North, St. Petersburg, Florida; Mr. David R. Lomax, Lake Oswego Junior High School, 2500 SW Country Club Rd., Cswego, Oregon; Miss Cornelia Madsen, 165 South 5th St., West, Provo, Utah; Mr. Walter Marcuse, Music Department, Hanover Junior-Senior High School, Hanover, New Hampshire; Miss Alicia Moore, 4011 MacGregor Dr., Columbia, South Carolina; Mrs. Alice D. Nelson, 534 Kedzie Dr., East Lansing, Michigan; Miss Helen L. Nelson, West Junior High School, Duluth, Minnesota; Mr. George Oelrich, Sultan Union High School, Sultan, Washington; Mr. NormanPhillips, Music Department, Hempstead (L.I.) Public Schools, Hempstead, NewYork; Mr. Robert Pratt, Ann Arbor Public Schools, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Miss Ruth Ann Pyle, 112-45th St., Newport Beach, California; Mrs. Bernard Rappe, Hillsboro Community Unit School District NJ.3, Hillsboro, Illinois 62049; Mrs. Barbara Reeder, Head of Music Department, Meeny Junior High School, 301-21st Ave., East,Seattle, Washington 98102; Mr. Donald Ripplinger, Skyline High School, Salt Lake City, Utah 84109; Mrs. Janet Russell, Voce Music Department, West Monroe Junior High School, Monroe, Louisiana; Mr. Ray W. Sage, Jr., Hastings Junior High School, Hastings, Nebraska 68901; iv (L.I.), New Mk. Alfred Schiffrin,105A Glenn Court, S. Farmingdale York; Mr. Jack Schultz, LarsenJunior High School, 665Dundee Ave., Elgin, Illinois; Miss MyrnaSheeley, Harriton High Schoolof Lower Merion, Rosemont, Pennsylvania;Mr. William E. Steiden,Cincinnati