The Fault In Our Pedagogies
Welcome to our music education podcast – The Fault In Our Pedagogies! A podcast with honest discussions about the successes and failures of different approaches to music education. With your hosts: Sarah Jenkins & Seth Weesner. As a married music educator team, we are starting this summer podcast project with the hopes of sharing our pedagogical and philosophical conversations with others and to open ourselves to different perspectives.
Episodes

Friday Jun 30, 2023
EMBD - Session Two: First Lesson and The Rhythm Tree
Friday Jun 30, 2023
Friday Jun 30, 2023
In this series Seth covers his approach to elementary music. This episode covers how to handle classes for the first time and how teaching the rhythm tree can be a useful first day lesson.
Episode Credits:
Reach us at: thefaultinourpedagogies@interludepodcasts.com
Intro and Outro Music
"Street Food" by FASSounds
https://pixabay.com/music/beats-street-food-112193/

Thursday Jul 06, 2023
Session Six: Practicing: Teaching and Doing
Thursday Jul 06, 2023
Thursday Jul 06, 2023
Welcome to Season 2!
In this episode Sarah and Seth cover how practing can vary between different skill levels, the important areas to focus on, and how much time to spend practicing.
Episode Credits:
Reach us at: thefaultinourpedagogies@interludepodcasts.com
Intro and Outro Music
"Street Food" by FASSounds
https://pixabay.com/music/beats-street-food-112193/

Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
General Music - Session One: College
Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
This episode is a part of the General Music series exploring preconceptions and possibilities for the course. In this session Sarah and Seth cover Music Appreciation at the College or University level.
Episode Credits:
Reach us at: thefaultinourpedagogies@interludepodcasts.com
Intro and Outro Music
"Street Food" by FASSounds
https://pixabay.com/music/beats-street-food-112193/

Saturday Jul 15, 2023
EMBD - Session Three: Rhythm Patterns
Saturday Jul 15, 2023
Saturday Jul 15, 2023
This episode is a part of the Elementary Music for Band Directors series exploring preconceptions and possibilities. In this session Sarah and Seth cover how Seth teaches rhythm patterns and different ways to challenge students. The duo also covers the importance of teaching social and behavioral concepts in addition to the objective on the lesson plan.
Episode Credits:
Reach us at: thefaultinourpedagogies@interludepodcasts.com
Intro and Outro Music
"Street Food" by FASSounds
https://pixabay.com/music/beats-street-food-112193/

Friday Dec 22, 2023
Intersession: Recitals
Friday Dec 22, 2023
Friday Dec 22, 2023
This is an intersession episode covering Sarah and Seth’s perspectives on recitals.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi - Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
Episode Credits:
Reach us at: thefaultinourpedagogies@interludepodcasts.com
Intro and Outro Music
"Street Food" by FASSounds
https://pixabay.com/music/beats-street-food-112193/

Saturday Dec 23, 2023
Intersession Cooper Haywood
Saturday Dec 23, 2023
Saturday Dec 23, 2023
This is an intersession episode with special guest Cooper Haywood. The group discusses analyzing a program's strengths and weaknesses as well as next steps for those programs.
Cooper Haywood: cahaywood8@gmail.com
Teaching Rhythm Logically by Darcy Vogt Williams
Pacing for Success: Beginner Band by Darcy Vogt Williams
Episode Credits:
Reach us at: thefaultinourpedagogies@interludepodcasts.com
Intro and Outro Music
"Street Food" by FASSounds
https://pixabay.com/music/beats-street-food-112193/