The Benefits of Using Sound in the Classroom: Creating Education Tactics to Encourage Sonic Literacy
Start Date
August 2024
End Date
August 2024
Location
ALT 205
Abstract
Sonic education has continually been overcome by visual methods of reading and writing. Sound is viewed as subordinate in teaching, often going unused. This lack of sound in academia leads to an absence of creativity and listening skills, deeming them unimportant. People often categorize themselves as visual, auditory, or kinetic learners which limits their expectations as students. This research project aims to improve an assignment that requires students to use different strategies to produce a two-episode series on a topic important to them. By listening to sample episodes, I have researched, coded, and analyzed better ways to implement these strategies in order to help students engage in the project. Sonic literacy is understanding what our own and other soundscapes consist of and why.
My presentation questions what meaning sound holds in our lives and asks what sounds we consist of. I explain the use of sonic literacy in education and show where it is implemented. Our research process is reviewed alongside how meeting with my mentor and partner helps me gain new insight into the podcasts and sonic literacy. The 13 strategies taught in Dr. Gerding’s course are also covered, but I focus on two that I feel enhance narration the best. The podcast “Getting to Know [Grandma]” is used to demonstrate extraordinary examples of audio clips and field recordings. From this presentation, audiences will understand how the assignment has improved because of the research done on sonic literacy.
The Benefits of Using Sound in the Classroom: Creating Education Tactics to Encourage Sonic Literacy
ALT 205
Sonic education has continually been overcome by visual methods of reading and writing. Sound is viewed as subordinate in teaching, often going unused. This lack of sound in academia leads to an absence of creativity and listening skills, deeming them unimportant. People often categorize themselves as visual, auditory, or kinetic learners which limits their expectations as students. This research project aims to improve an assignment that requires students to use different strategies to produce a two-episode series on a topic important to them. By listening to sample episodes, I have researched, coded, and analyzed better ways to implement these strategies in order to help students engage in the project. Sonic literacy is understanding what our own and other soundscapes consist of and why.
My presentation questions what meaning sound holds in our lives and asks what sounds we consist of. I explain the use of sonic literacy in education and show where it is implemented. Our research process is reviewed alongside how meeting with my mentor and partner helps me gain new insight into the podcasts and sonic literacy. The 13 strategies taught in Dr. Gerding’s course are also covered, but I focus on two that I feel enhance narration the best. The podcast “Getting to Know [Grandma]” is used to demonstrate extraordinary examples of audio clips and field recordings. From this presentation, audiences will understand how the assignment has improved because of the research done on sonic literacy.
