Lindie Claassens LSKM 221

  As I write my final blog I must admit, that when I saw this subject for this semester and that it included music. I literally cringed. It was scary and very unchartered waters for me personally as I am not very musical. I enjoy music and love art, always felt strong about arts integration, but never really considered music. This semester and this subject really opened my eyes. I loved it and actually a bit sad that this subject is slowly coming to an end.   What was your experience of the role of individual reflection as part of the teaching and learning process? Use the following prompts to reflect on your blogging experience and the role that individual reflection played (or not) in your teaching and learning experience this semester: ·          What did you learn from your individual reflections? What I learned from the individual reflections is more than what I expected. I knew of music in foundation phase but never extended my kn...

  This week I'm feeling slightly more optimistic. It seems as if things are starting to settle more. As the semester is nearing its end it feels a little less stressful. Although there are many other things such as assignments, examinations, and tests to finalize. The only problem at the moment -and this is a personal feeling- is that mathematics this year seems nonstop, there is no end and no help or guidance what so ever, this causes me to become negative and slightly angry and what seems to be that of incompetence and lack of effort to help students understand. Enough of my negative relationship with mathematics. I am really enjoying this subject LSKM more than I anticipated, and that makes me happy and excited to do these blogs. This is my final blog regarding the study units. It was great to do some research and work through this unit. I've learned so much and really feel strongly about incorporating music more into the foundation phase, it is too often overlooked and not ...