SoundGirls.org: This semester I taught my first class. The topic? Theatrical Sound Design. I learned a lot from teaching this class. Some were surprises and others were more reaffirming than new knowledge. As a way to reflect on some of these observations, I would like to share them with my readers.
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I really like the perspective of this post. My original undergrad degree was Theatre Education and I kept it that way for about three years until I realized that teaching was really really hard. If you want to be good, you have to work hard on many different levels. What makes it difficult is exactly what is in the article. Every person is so unique and because of that they have different needs. I am glad that she tried to style her class with that understanding from the beginning. I also think that a good teacher always challenges themselves. If they have been doing the same exactly thing for 5-10 years then they are usually missing something or there can be big disconnects between the teacher and the student. As a stage management student, I love seeing how everything works together and I also really appreciated all of the sound classes that I was able to take.
“Empowering the Next Generation of Women in Audio” is an amazing title on its own, and is so inspiring that women are continuing to pave the way in the realm of technical theatre. I have just started my first mini in Sound, and although I am incredibly unfamiliar with this field as a whole, I am interested in learning more about it, and am excited to better understand the inner workings of how sound is run and designed. Even with my little understanding of sound, I can’t imagine how difficult it would be to teach the exact mechanics of sound, considering just how in-depth one can go. I have only been to two class meetings so far, and have already taken a lot of information. I know that through the crew calls and classes, I will learn a lot about sound, and I am so excited to expand my knowledge!
Cool article about someone in real time talking about their first experience teaching a sound design course! It’s really cool to know that teachers are just as confused and lost as we are but still maintain the ability to adapt to their surroundings and power through the hard things like homework and assignments. Personally, however I don’t think just anyone with an MFA should receive a teaching job, just because it’s a terminal degree. No matter how excited a person is or how ambitious they are, they’ll never have the same qualifications or classroom management. It’s such a shame because some of these teachers that are already in the school could really use any of this excitement or passion, but frankly all that was burned to a crisp probably years ago. It’s nice to know a young crop of teachers will help the younger generation learn sound design in theatre.
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