Music’s Effect on Education There was a boy named Jamal who played the cello. Jamal was anxious to learn and always came to rehearsal with a smile on his face. He always came to class almost running and immediately unpacked and began playing. A few weeks after he began the class he started missing lessons. His teacher was holding him from music lessons because he was far behind in his academics. He had trouble even forming a sentence. As time went on, he began composing his own music. It seemed that composing music was also helping Jamal with composing sentences and paragraphs in ELA class. By spring, Jamal’s grades improved and he had even written an essay on what music meant to him. Jamal had greatly improved his grades and was always attending his music lessons. There are many students like Jamal that …show more content…
The act of performing music exercises parts of the brain that students use for language and recall. Daniel J. Levitin, a highly respected neuroscientist and author, discusses the parts of the brain involved when an individual performs music. In his book This is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession, Levitin explains, “Performing music—regardless of what instrument you play, or whether you sing, or conduct—involves the frontal the frontal lobes again for the planning of your behavior, as well as the motor cortex in the posterior part of the frontal lobe just underneath the top of your head, and the sensory cortex, which provides the tactile feedback that you have pressed the right key on your instrument, or moved the baton where you thought you did. Reading music involves the visual cortex, in the back of your head in the occipital lobe.” Reading, interpreting, and playing music involves many parts of the brain that are involved when students read, interpret, and recall academic material. Because of this, performing music helps with students’ academic
My mom required my three siblings and I to take piano lessons for at least two years when we were younger. I enjoyed playing, so when my two years were up I decided to keep going. I played for another four years, but my life started to get busy and I had too many things on my plate, so I quit piano for good. I have somewhat regretted my decision, and noticed a decline in my math skills during the past two years, and other areas in school as well. The absences of math and cognitive skills will dramatically affect a person’s life, because without these skills it makes it very hard to become a successful person in the world’s view. Contrary to what the New York Times article, “Music and Success” by Samuel Mehr stated, listening to music or playing
Webster defines obsession to be "Compulsive, often anxious preoccupation with a fixed idea or unwanted emotion." Or, "A compulsive, usually irrational idea or emotion." The strange thing about obsession is the absolute inability of the person, once obsessed, to understand their own actions in retrospect. Both Victor Frankenstien, of Marry Shelley’s Frankenstein, and Henry Jekyll, of Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde fit the criteria of one who is obsessed.
In order to properly examine the level of necessity for music classes, the economic and social conditions must be explored for the following question: How can increasing musical intelligence at an early age benefit a person later in life? Ever since the recession hit America, states have cut school funding. General funding per student is lower than it was in 2008 for half of the nation’s states. In order to try and increase money availability for schools, both school districts and individual schools have taken action in the form of job cuts, which, in turn, further harm the economy.
Many people do not realize the positive effect that popular music has on children. At a young age one of the breakthroughs for children is music’s benefit for language development. According to the Children’s Music Workshop, the effect of music education on language development can be seen in the brain. Studies have indicated that musical training develops the left side of the brain known to be involved in processing language and can actually wire the brain’s circuits in specific ways. The relation between both music and language development can also have advantages children. Listening to music can also improve children test scores and IQ levels. Dr. Schellenberg found that a small increase in the IQs of six year olds who were given weekly vocal and piano lessons. This leads to the fact that music is very helpful when it comes to education. Professor Christopher Johnson revealed that students in elementary schools with better music education programs sc...
Plato, a famous Greek philosopher, once stated, “I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the arts are the keys to learning.” Often times, humans can be seen possessing the inner desire to achieve greatness through hard work and dedication to an ideal. Some aspire to accomplish simple everyday goals, such as getting up in time for work. Whatever the case may be, teens often try to find ways to achieve social and academic “checkpoints” so that their future seems heartier. Over the years, studies have been conducted regarding whether or not music has an influence on these achievements. These experiments have shown that music does help with many aspects of accomplishment. Because of these studies, it is imperative that society and the human race itself understand that a music education has an impact on social and academic achievement.
Throughout history music has had a profound effect on a person’s mind, body, and consciousness. A song or piece of music can trigger vivid memories, and induce emotions ranging from deep sorrow to unabashed joy. Music can drive listeners to patriotic fervor or religious frenzy, or it can soothe the savage beast we call human. There have been many advances in technology that have let us study how music affects the brain. Music causes all sorts of activity in the brain, especially during musical improvisation. Music can tremendously help people with certain mind damaging diseases, and in some cases it can have negative effects.
Music is the fabric of our society. Every human culture uses music to carry forward its thoughts and ideas. The value of music shapes individual abilities and character. Music is about communication, creativity, and working together with others to create music. By studying music in school, students have the opportunity to strengthen these skills, enrich their lives, and experience the world from a new perspective. Students can learn things with many different viewpoints. From the music point of view, one can link a familiar song with new information to help remember things they have learned. The ability to read music is a great advantage if a child is interested in choir, theatre and/or acting. Another perspective would be through fine art classes. Some classes can he...
Nearly everyone appreciates music, whether he or she is listening to it, or creating music. However, creating music is more than just someone’s voice or their hands playing an instrument. Despite how universal music may be, schools are still trying to get rid of music education programs. A child learning about music is learning to use multiple skill sets, often all at the same time. Music education prepares students for learning by helping the development of their basic skills and capacities. In addition, many students find music to be an enjoyable and relaxing class. Music education can influence learning in many different ways through an adolescent’s life.
It is thought that brain development continues for many years after birth. Recent studies have clearly indicated that music training physically develop the path of the left side of the brain knowing to be involved with processing languages, and can actually wire the brain’s circuits in specific ways. Linking familiar songs to new information can also help imprint information on your minds They think there is also a causal between musical and spatial intelligent Despite this belief, by which one can visualize various elements that should go together, is critical to the sort of thinking necessary for everything from solving advanced mathematics problems to begin able to pack a book bag with everything that will be needed for the day Because Click here to enter
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The position that is being argued is that music should stay in schools. This author is making the claim that music makes children excel in their education. This author uses many different sources. The author relies mainly on studies to back up his argument. The article is recent.
Music and the Brain. (n.d.). Music and the Brain. Retrieved April 25, 2014, from http://tdlc.ucsd.edu/research/highlights/rh-music-and-brain-2011.html
Even when children learn music they able to listen, sing, dance, create movement. Listening to music draw out emotions, and playing music can be just like communicating emotions. Some people find this a very powerful experience. “ Music enriches the lives of students and should be considered a necessary part of education.”
Playing a musical instrument as a hobby, boost the memory. It makes use of both parts of the brain, thus boosts memory power. Research shows that playing a musical instrument at an early age can improve learning ability and memory by arousing different patterns of the brain development. It is also linked to higher IQ levels and physical growth of certain parts of brain. Many people lose touch with their creative side. Playing a musical instrument as a hobby can foster that creativity, especially when you reach advanced levels. This is because, playing the instruments, positively affects, mental, cognitive, emotional abilities and stimulates the b...
“…An associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, said in a press release. ‘But at the transition point between movements, their attention is arrested’.” (Locker) The study of music helps student’s memory retention and focus. Many students do not know of these benefits, which are very important for intellectual