Person

Time period What do they stand for What does it mean for my teaching
Sophists Greek/Roman Taught the people how to speak and reason so they The first large scale instruction practices
can defend themselves in court
Socrates Greek Created well rounded students and music was an I always ask questions and it guides my
integral part of that development. Learn through students to the answer though questions
questioning
Idealist
Plato Greek Music is for development of the moral individual.
Doctrine of Ethos.
Aristotle Greeks Idealist. People learn by doing things Music is for everyone, it should not be for
the elite
Quintilian Greeks Learn through play Quintilian is the first person I really identify
Students learn from each other with because his three practices are seen
Differentiated instruction every day in my classroom.
St Augustine Medieval Music was useful for learning, but dont listen to I disagree with St Augustine, I typically
the music listen to the text listen to the music and not the text. He
leaves a funny story to tell my students.
Boethius Medieval De institutione de musica. He is the first person to give the playing of
Musica practica music its own term, instead of being lumped
Musica speculativia together with poetry.
Music required the highest level of thinking skills
Charlemagne Medieval All people need to be educated, and to do that we Charlemagne was the first person to stress
need educated teachers. Educated his clergy education beyond just the rich.
Guido de Arezzo Medieval Guidionan hand and first solfege I rely on the music staff almost every time I
teach
Abelard Medieval Wrote Sic et Non Yes & no, Criticized the church and While I do not teach religion, I teach my
questioned if there was a god students to always question what someone
is telling them
Roger Bacon Medieval Children can learn more quickly with music. People I strongly believe that students need to
should learn through actual experience learn through experience
Hugh of St Victor Medieval Called for a clearly theory of education. Mnemonic I use Mnemonic devices every day in my
devise to remember information class
Thomas Aquinas Medieval Rationalized Theology. Believed in Truth, but that
you have to find Truth it must be found through
the senses
Erasmus Renaissance Learning through play I use Erasmuss three concepts almost every
Students should be nurtured single day in my class because we always
Never too young to learn something play and I try to keep a nurturing place in
my ensembles
Martin Luther Renaissance 95 Theses. Everything should be in the vernacular, One reason why we have music outside of
schools should accommodate everyone the church and music that is not in a
language we cannot understand is thanks to
Luther. I also deal with music being the only
common language all of my international
students speak.
John Calvin Renaissance Music is the devil, and instrumental is even worse!
Freedom and rights for the ordinary person
Vittorino DeFeltre Renaissance First humanist teacher I teach music on the premise of the Happy
Educate children in a humane manner House. We should always play and work
Happy House together. I also teach many music electives
Equal number of students from wealthy and poor as a way to get more students involved in
music.
Francis Bacon Renaissance/S Baconian Method. Any problem can be solved I always encourage my students to be
cientific through asking and answering the right questions problem solvers.
Revolution
Rene DesCartes Renaissance Use rational thought to understand what is going I always encourage rational thought in my
around you. Whole/part/whole instruction students
Jan Comenius Renaissance Discovery Learning, and that curiosity should All of our students need to have the flame of
arouse curiosity ignited through music.
Orbis Pictus
Richard Reformation Wrote a book on good practices in Teaching I am sure many books have come from
Mulcaster Mulcasters ideas on quality teaching
John Locke Enlightenment Tabula rasa, importance of reflective thought I believe that education improves the life of
Education improved life all, and especially music education.
 Education for all I believe that music is for every student
We learn from our experiences

Rousseau Enlightenment Social Contract I believe I teach to my students, and not
Emile over their head.
Child Psychology
Naturalist
Immanuel Kant Enlightenment The mind will take in a stimulus, and impose its I firmly believe that all students use a lens
own forms on it for interpretation to interpret all information that comes to
them.
Johann Basedow Enlightenment Established a naturalist school Philanthropium. Education should be fun and enjoyable
Importance of learning through play and students
should go out in public to learn. Elementarywerk,
picture book
Johann Herbart Enlightenment Formal Steps of learning I use the formal steps of learning at each
PPAGA, Problem, Presentation, Assimilation, step of the way of my teaching
Analizing
Civility For Boys book on social order
Johann Heinrich Enlightenment Father of Elementary School Pestalozzi principles run rampant through
Pestalozzi Humane treatment of children my teaching
Simple to complex
Concrete to abstract
Show students how to learn
How Gertrude Teachers Her children
Friedrich Froebel Enlightenment First Kindergarten I believe that all students should learn
Learning through play through play.
Women better educators

Hegel Enlightenment Dialectic meaning
Thesis+Antithesis=Synthesis
John Curwen Enlightenment Tonic Sol-Fa I use solfeggio in my classroom on a daily
basis.
Maria Montessori Enlightenment School where children learn by doing I went to a Montessori school so I believe
Adapt school to fit the needs of each student that my teaching is geared towards students
Students pick what they want to know naturally doing what they think is right
Benjamin Colonia/Anteb Utilitarian American Educator I believe in lifelong musicianship and I think
Franklin ellum America Education prepares students for social and school should prepare students to
commercial life participate in lifelong musicianship
Wanted education to be available for everyone
Thomas Jefferson Colonia/Anteb He believed that a well education population I believe that a well educated population is
ellum America would help promote the economy. the way forward
Locke and Rousseau had great impact on him.
He thought the states should be responsible for
education
Horace Mann Colonia/Anteb Father of Modern Education Thanks to Mann, we have the education
Massachusetts ellum America Universal Public Education system we do now.
Established schools for teacher training and
wanted teachers to be held to high moral standards
Joseph Neef Colonia/Anteb Brought Pestalotzzian ideas to the United States He helped bring Pestalozzi to the United
ellum America Worked with Woodbridge States and I learned so much about treating
children well from it.
William Colonia/Anteb Went to Europe to learn about Pestalozzian He helped bring Pestalozzi to the United
Woodbridge ellum America principles. Brought them back to the USA States and I learned so much about treating
Promoted music education children well from it.
Lowell Mason Colonia/Anteb Father of American Music Education. Without Lowell Mason I would not have my
ellum America First Music Supervisor current job teaching music in the way I do.
Lobbied to get music in schools
Elam Ives Jr. Colonia/Anteb Wrote the first music textbook The American
ellum America Elementary Singing Book
Based on Pestalozzian Principles
William Billings Colonia/Anteb Famous singing schoolmaster and composer Without Billings, I would not have had the
ellum America Wrote Chester option of playing the Chester melody every
Raised the standards of public music instruction day for about 7 years of my life.
Charles Aiken Colonia/Anteb First Music Specialist to teach at the primary level
 ellum America Also wrote a music text
Herbert Spencer 19th Century to Philosopher believed in the goodness of people
post Civil War Social Darwinist
G. Stanley Hall 19th Century to Advocate for music in schools Hall helped bring music into the public
post Civil War Child Centered Education schools
Psychology in education

Henry Barnard 19th Century to First commissioner of Education Barnard was a proponent of music in the
post Civil War public schools
Luther Mason 19th Century to First international teacher I would not be an international teacher if
post Civil War Wrote National Music Course Luther Mason was not out selling his books
Genuine Song and invited to go to Japan
Rote to Note
Benjamin Jepson 19 Century to Elementary Music Reader
th
post Civil War Includes sight reading
Does great things for music
Julia Ettie Crane 19th Century to Established the first Normal School for Music She enabled me to go to school specifically
post Civil War Education for music education
Rote vs Note, Hear, Sing, Play
John Eaton 19th Century to Music should be valued for intellectual reasons
post Civil War Offered large study in USA
Albert Mitchell 1900-Present Brought ensemble music instruction to the USA Without Mitchell we may not have strings
Helped establish orchestra in the USA music in schools
Francis Elliott 1900-Present Mother of Music Appreciation Music study would not be as holistic
Clark Had students listen to music on a phonograph without her impact, we would still be
Studied elements of music pushing down buttons playing marches
Peter W Dykema 1900-Present School Music Handbook: The Place of music in the Music would not exist in schools the way it
Public Schools does today with out Dykema lobbying for us
Strong advocate for music, wrote a book to
administrators, principles, and parents
Will Earhart 1900-Present Aesthetic movement in music education We would not have the aesthetic rational for
President of MENC in 1915 music without Earhart
 First complete orchestra
James Mursell 1900-Present Related Psychology to Music Study I can see that my music instruction is
Promoted the study of music in a precise way organized and flowing
through psychology
Joseph Maddy 1900-Present Started Interlochen Arts Academy My roommate would not have been from
Heterogeneous class method of instruction Interlochen and many lives would not have
Started the current band method book movement been touched if he did not start iIterlochen.
Karl Gehrkens 1900-Present Music for every child, every child for music He worked to promote a music education
Applied teaching training for every single child
Dalcroze 1900-Present Rhythmic Movement in Music I dont do nearly enough movement and
Combine, Rhythm, form, harmony, sight singing rhythmic activities with my students. I need
to do more.
Kodaly 1900-Present Everyone should be able to read music I am currently revamping the curriculum at
System of functional music instruction ISKL.
Orff 1900-Present Holistic approach to music education I need to utilize many more Orff ideas in my
Sing, Say, Dance ,Play teaching
Suzuki 1900-Present Rote to note, memorize music, parents involved I want to create a better society with my
Wanted to create a better society with music students
Susanne Langer 1900-Present Philosophy in New Key I had not heard of her before, and I want to
Music is the tonal analogue of Life read more of her ideas on music education
Bennett Reimer 1900-Present Aesthetic Philosophy I constantly talk about the beauty in music
with my students
David Elliott 1900-Present Praxial Philosophy: Musiking I have my students always engaged in
music, creating music, composing music,