Teaching vidoes
Miracle
Miracle is a film based on the true story of the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey team and their head coach Herb Brooks. Herb’s style of teaching and coaching is rather unique. He uses tests; sport psychology, philosophy, and hybrid play methods developed off of the Canadian and Russian schools of play. However he also demonstrates that sometimes when a team isn’t producing it is his job as the coach to motivate and light a fire by any means necessary. This is affective for some players and students however not affective for others. In this scene the team is down a pair of goals to the Swedish national team in a very important game in the qualifying round of the Olympics. Herb feels that his team is not putting forth the best effort that they could. Along with that a player suffers a deep bruise on his leg, which makes skating extremely painful. Herb stormed into the dressing room and called out many players on the team for their lack of effort and saved the injured player until the end of his rant. They proceeded to have an altercation, which involves other players having to separate them. The teaching style that Herb used in this situation was embarrassment and degradation. In this instance with the players involved it worked, however there are many students/players who simply would collapse internally and shut down if this kind of motivation or teaching style was ever used on them. I have had both coaches and teachers like this in my lifetime. I chose this clip because I have seen first hand this tactic work wonders and dig an even deeper hole for pupils to climb out of. For the last few years I have helped coach a high school hockey team in the area. Even though I was coached a similar way to the clip I have chosen not to use this style when dealing with the players that I coach. I find that even when they make mistakes there is a difference between highlighting the issue and trying to correct it in a respectful, positive manner, and simply berating someone for mistakes they have made.
Miracle is a film based on the true story of the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey team and their head coach Herb Brooks. Herb’s style of teaching and coaching is rather unique. He uses tests; sport psychology, philosophy, and hybrid play methods developed off of the Canadian and Russian schools of play. However he also demonstrates that sometimes when a team isn’t producing it is his job as the coach to motivate and light a fire by any means necessary. This is affective for some players and students however not affective for others. In this scene the team is down a pair of goals to the Swedish national team in a very important game in the qualifying round of the Olympics. Herb feels that his team is not putting forth the best effort that they could. Along with that a player suffers a deep bruise on his leg, which makes skating extremely painful. Herb stormed into the dressing room and called out many players on the team for their lack of effort and saved the injured player until the end of his rant. They proceeded to have an altercation, which involves other players having to separate them. The teaching style that Herb used in this situation was embarrassment and degradation. In this instance with the players involved it worked, however there are many students/players who simply would collapse internally and shut down if this kind of motivation or teaching style was ever used on them. I have had both coaches and teachers like this in my lifetime. I chose this clip because I have seen first hand this tactic work wonders and dig an even deeper hole for pupils to climb out of. For the last few years I have helped coach a high school hockey team in the area. Even though I was coached a similar way to the clip I have chosen not to use this style when dealing with the players that I coach. I find that even when they make mistakes there is a difference between highlighting the issue and trying to correct it in a respectful, positive manner, and simply berating someone for mistakes they have made.
School of Rock
This clip from The School of Rock is what teaching music is all about. Creating a safe and inclusive place for students to tap into their true potential. Jack Black in this not so serious movie plays a washed up musician who pretends to be a music teacher. He then finds that it makes him extremely happy to help foster the creativity and musicality of his truly diverse and talented class. In this scene, everyone is leaving for the day after Jack has assigned them all with a specific roll from lead guitarist to keyboards, front of house and roadies. Tamika, who was originally assigned to be a roadie, approaches Jack after everyone has left and says that she wants to be a singer. She then auditions when no one is around and Jack is floored with the raw talent and passion that she possesses. When he asks her why she didn’t audition when everyone else did she expressed that she thought no one would accept her because of her weight. Jack connects with her on a personal level and assures her that when she is “doing her thing” and singing like that, no one will be worried about her weight. This is a very affective way of educating. Jack connected with the student on a personal level about more things that just what is going on in a classroom. He gave this student an opportunity to shine and become the best version of herself simply by sticking around for 2 more minutes and listening to her sing and assuring her that she belongs to the group. It is becoming harder and harder to find educators willing to go that extra mile for their students in this modern age. As educators we must not forget why we chose this vocation and take our job seriously so that the students do as well.
This clip from The School of Rock is what teaching music is all about. Creating a safe and inclusive place for students to tap into their true potential. Jack Black in this not so serious movie plays a washed up musician who pretends to be a music teacher. He then finds that it makes him extremely happy to help foster the creativity and musicality of his truly diverse and talented class. In this scene, everyone is leaving for the day after Jack has assigned them all with a specific roll from lead guitarist to keyboards, front of house and roadies. Tamika, who was originally assigned to be a roadie, approaches Jack after everyone has left and says that she wants to be a singer. She then auditions when no one is around and Jack is floored with the raw talent and passion that she possesses. When he asks her why she didn’t audition when everyone else did she expressed that she thought no one would accept her because of her weight. Jack connects with her on a personal level and assures her that when she is “doing her thing” and singing like that, no one will be worried about her weight. This is a very affective way of educating. Jack connected with the student on a personal level about more things that just what is going on in a classroom. He gave this student an opportunity to shine and become the best version of herself simply by sticking around for 2 more minutes and listening to her sing and assuring her that she belongs to the group. It is becoming harder and harder to find educators willing to go that extra mile for their students in this modern age. As educators we must not forget why we chose this vocation and take our job seriously so that the students do as well.