Bloom's Taxonomy, 9 Standards in Music Education Examined

Bloom's Taxonomy

Bloom's Taxonomy was created in 1956 under the leadership of educational psychologist Dr Benjamin Bloom in order to promote higher forms of thinking in education, such as analyzing and evaluating, rather than just remembering facts (rote learning).

• Cognitive: mental skills (Knowledge)
• Affective: growth in feelings or emotional areas (Attitude or self)
• Psychomotor: manual or physical skills (Skills)

9 Standards In Music Education

1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.

2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.

3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments.

4. Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines.

5. Reading and notating music.

6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.

7. Evaluating music and music performances.

8. Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.

9. Understanding music in relation to history and culture.

I really feel that The 9 Standards in Music Education really cater to the Cognitive, and Psychomotor categories right off the band in Bloom's Taxonomy. Each guideline either is implemented to improve knowledge of musical content, and/or one's skills of the trade. This improvement of both of these seems to really open the door to give way to the Affective Category of Bloom's Taxonomy which is the emotional end of it all - growth in feelings or emotional areas (Attitude or self)