I love observing people in the morning. Parents take their children to the school. Other ones drive to their jobs or just wait for the bus. Some students walk or ride a bicycle to high school or university. And even, there are few fearless persons that practice running in the cold morning. I am sure that many of those people listen music in that concrete moments. I can imagine that it is a music that activates them, that tells them that another day begins, (like a song) and gives them energy to face it in the best way.
This reminds me to the first lesson of this subject. The summer had just finished, another year began (last year in the university). It was the beginning of the end. That moment seems so near and jet so far to me. We started that class in a similar way that some people begin their daily life, with a song. A song with a strong and deep message. This melody has sound in my mind during these last weeks (like a mantra) and has given and gives me strength to work hard every day. It was a fantastic idea to present the subject with that song that gave us so much important ideas in just 3 minutes.
Can you remember that moment? Surely, this video refreshes your memory.
At first sight, through that song, we could deduce that along the subject we were going to have fun while learning new important contents. Secondly, and as a consequence of the first idea, we could have an approach about what the subject was going to deal with, that is children literature elements such as songs, poetry, theatre… Sometimes, the best way to introduce new contents is not based on talk about it, but to show examples.
And I feel alright, and we’ll feel alright
Cause we’ll work it out, yeah we’ll work it out
Furthermore, the song transmitted us, that we should work hard, but the teacher was going to be with us, during the whole learning process, that we should not feel alone. There would be someone who wanted to encourage and to support us. This idea can be applied also to these last years. Surely, all of us have a special person who supported him during the best and worst moments.
I’ll be your light, your match, your burning sun
I’ll be the bright, in black, that’s making you run
I’ll be your ghost, your game, your stadium
I’ll be your fifty thousand clapping like one
Finally, we, as future teachers, should understand the song message as a philosophy of education. Apart from the best methodologies, resources, materials… we need something much more important, vocation. We should work really hard on this till the love runs out.
I’ll be doing this, if you ever doubt
Till the love runs out, ’til the love runs out
“Love Runs Out” Lyrics
As you can see, this song it quite significant for me. I would love to know your opinion in this topic: Did you feel the same in that lesson? Are there other important songs about your learning experience? Which ones? Which would be your BSO of this moment/subject/term/degree?
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Good morning Alicia!!
Your post took my attention with just reading the first line. I feel that the way you introduce the topic you are dealing with is quite catchy; and even more for me, as I feel identified with your characteristic of being observant and thoughtful in the mornings (if sleep allows me to think.. :P)
About the use of a song as the way Raquel started the subject, I am sure that all of us found it really motivating. I liked that it was not just listening to a song to enjoy; instead, we had to think, reflect and try to guess the reasons why she had chosen that activity and especially that song with those lyrics.
For that reason, I agree with you in the idea that messages in songs can be understood as a philosophy of education, and, as future teachers, we can take this idea and apply it with our future students; so that we can use songs as a previous knowledge activity to activate schemata, to check what they know about the topic and how they reflect about its contents, to foster critical thinking, etc; and not just for teaching contents, but also values and ways of behaving.
I remember that also Alfonso, one of our teachers during 2nd year, started his subject with a song which transmitted us an encouraging message to feel motivated and comfortable with the beginning of the year and particularly with the contents we were going to learn with him. It was Good time by Carly Rae Jepsen and Owl City. Here you have the video, I am sure you remember it too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7HmzwI67ec
“Woah-oh-oh-oh Woah-oh-oh-oh
It’s always a good time
Woah-oh-oh-oh Woah-oh-oh-oh
We don’t even have to try, it’s always a good time”
Regarding your final question, if I had to choose an OST for the whole degree, I do not know which it would be; but in case of this subject, I am sure it would be “Arabian Nights” from Aladdin.
And, last but not least, I would like to tell you that I love your post and I find it really interesting!! Thank you for sharing it with us!
Rocío.
Good Afternoon, Rocío!!
It makes me so happy you liked the post. It is true that mornings are really special moments. These kind of situations are perfect if you imagine them like a film with its own OST. Because of this reason I thought that it was a good idea to start a post about music in that way.
I completely agree with you about surely, Raquel used the song like a kind of message to motivate us.
I forgot that also Alfonso used lot of wonderful songs with us. When I listened the song “It was a good time”, everything came up into my mind!
Thank you for sharing your ideas and the “Arabian Nights” song with us.