Jordan Nickell
MUS 354
Professor Jason Koontz
December 10
th
, 2007
Article Review
I found a very interesting article in
Percussive Notes
entitled “Teaching
College Students to Teach Themselves.” In the article, author Al Payson outlines
three teaching styles that are helpful in developing self-reliance in students. The
first teaching style is “Giving the student a fish.” This style is appropriate for
elementary through high school students. “Giving the student a fish” means that
the teacher identifies problems and offers solutions. Teaching style two is “Teaching
the student to fish.” This style is a transition phase between telling the student how
to handle problems and having the student solve problems on their own. Teaching
style two should be developed by the time a student graduates from college.
Payson gives examples relating to percussion instruction for both the first and
second teaching styles. Payson observantly points out that the utilization of
This
preview
has intentionally blurred sections.
Sign up to view the full version.

This is the end of the preview.
Sign up
to
access the rest of the document.
- Fall '07
- Koontz
- teaching styles, Al Payson
-
Click to edit the document details