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Should We Pay Student Teachers? With Dr. Tina Beveridge

January 13, 2023 by Chris Munce Leave a Comment

Is student teaching a “class?” or a “job?” Does this practice need a revamp in the face of the current teacher shortage? In this episode, I invited Tina Beveridge on to hash out a disagreement. A few months ago, I created a TikTok expressing my opinion that student teachers don’t “deserve” a paycheck. Mostly based […]

Filed Under: Choralosophy Tagged With: Access, ACDA Membership Benefits, American Choral Directors Association, Economy, Education, Equity

Learned Helplessness with Christine Sefein

January 6, 2023 by Chris Munce Leave a Comment

Is it possible that the over-politicization of classroom education could be contributing in some way to the epidemic of mental health problems amongst teens and young adults? Clinical Psychologist, and child of Egyptian immigrants, Christine Sefein thinks we should not ignore this possibility. The modern vogue for activism that kids are learning focuses on the […]

Filed Under: Choralosophy Tagged With: American Choral Directors Association, Education, philosophy, Social Justice

Channeling Emotional Contagion with Dr. Gary Seighman

December 9, 2022 by Chris Munce Leave a Comment

There is an often felt, but rarely quantified sense within ensemble music experiences that something truly MAGICAL is happening that changes us profoundly. However, recentscientific discoveries (link to sources below) are adding a more concrete validity to that which experienced musicians already intuitively know. Studies that reveal the physiological and psychological processes of cooperative effort, […]

Filed Under: Choralosophy Tagged With: ACDA Membership Benefits, choir, Choral Journal, Choral Music, CONTAGION, Education, Pandemic, SCIENCE

The A Cappella Revolution with Rob Dietz

September 2, 2022 by Chris Munce Leave a Comment

A Cappella guru, and ACDA Contemporary and Commercial co-chair, Rob Dietz joins me this week to tell his story of passion for the “Pop A Cappella” genre of ensemble vocal music. Rob is well known in this sub-genre of choral music for his work on “The Sing Off” and collaborations with groups as wide ranging as Pentatonix, […]

Filed Under: Choralosophy Tagged With: A cappella, ACDA Membership Benefits, choir, choralosophy, Education, pentatonix, pop, rob dietz, vocal music

Creating Laboratories for Friction with Mónica Guzmán

July 15, 2022 by Chris Munce Leave a Comment

Classrooms have become ground zero for the problem of political polarization. What is being taught, who is teaching it, how it’s being taught, how it is funded, etc. Are we teaching Critical Race Theory, or are we not? Should we be? These and many questions have become a toxic political football. The problem of this […]

Filed Under: Choralosophy, Others Tagged With: ACDA Membership Benefits, curiosity, Education, inclusion, politics

“Belonging” Isn’t Top-Down

May 13, 2022 by Chris Munce Leave a Comment

A hybrid episode! We run the risk of oversimplifying educational concepts, packaging them in seminars and professional development sessions for sale, and actually HARMING students. Or at least not helping them. Educational theories often carry precious little evidence, but we as educators frequently feel ill equipped to question them. Often times these oversimplifications are simply […]

Filed Under: Choralosophy Tagged With: American Choral Directors Association, belonging, choir, Education, philosophy

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