The texts that have stayed with me the most so far this class is the reading by Delpit and article I chose to read called unmasking the patriarchy. These two texts stuck with me the most because Delpit challenged me to really think about how I am educating my diverse population of students and Unmasking the patriarchy challenged the sexism that is embedded in society and that is a very important topic to me. Both of these articles inspired me to take a deeper look at how I am teaching and how I could adjust to be more inclusive and effective. Since I work with a majority of minority students it is important to me to choose a topic that is designed to help me and others learn how to teach them more effectively.
In general, I have wanted to discuss these articles with anyone who will listen. I have spoken about them to my family members, my best friend, and other teachers. These topics do not just apply to education since oppression and privilege are embedded everywhere in society so I tend to discuss articles that really have an effect on me with others. In terms of this project, I hope to discuss this with other music teachers because I think there can be a lot of improvement in the inclusion in the music classroom.
What I would like to do for my teach out project is a professional development about de-stigmatizing the music room. The professional development will cover how basic curriculum can be morphed into an inclusive and diverse curriculum that works towards fighting stigmas and stereotypes in the music world. I will cover main stereotypes in music that are based in race, culture, and gender and give examples on how to start making changes starting from slight adjustments to lesson ideas.
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