Fermin's Digital Portfolio

Introduction: Due to the economic changes, most schools have low income and are unable to hold some subjects that the school officials think are less important then the main ones that are vital to the academic performance of the students. Since they see it as only an academic performance, the music programs in schools are mainly the first ones to be cut short. Music department in schools should not be cancelled since they benefit students in a variety of ways that they don't get from the other regular classes.

Narration:

I. Parts of the brain affected by music

Confirmation:

I. Music heals the body

A. Effective therapy for pain

i. Journal of Advanced Nursing - Listening to music can reduce chronic pain from a range of painful conditions including osteoarthritis, disc problems and rheumatoid arthritis, by up to 21% and depression by up to 25%,

B. Reducing blood pressure

i. American Society of Hypertension meeting in New Orleans- Listening to just 30 minutes of classical music each day may significantly lower high blood pressure

C. Helpful to the heart

i. -Italian and British researchers did an experiment where participants listened to different genre of music and found out that listening to lively music had faster heart and breathing rates. When the music slowed down, so did they’re heart and breathing rate.

D. Speeds post-stroke recovery

i. http://www.emedexpert.com/tips/music.shtm -Stroke patients in Finland listened to music each day and they’re verbal memory and attention span improved significantly compared to patients who received no musical stimulation

E. Chronic headaches and migraine remedy

i. http://www.emedexpert.com/tips/music.shtm -Sufferers reduced the intensity, frequency, and duration of the headaches

F. Music boost immunity

i. http://www.emedexpert.com/tips/music.shtm-Scientist explained that a particular type of music could create a positive and profound emotional experience, which leads to secretion of immune-boosting hormones that helps contribute to a reduction in the factors responsible for illness.

II. Music makes you improves academic performances

A. Music improves memory performance

i. http://www.emedexpert.com/tips/music.shtm-Simultaneous left and right brain action maximizes learning and retention of information. Activities, which engage both sides of the brain at the same time, such as playing instruments or singing, cause the brain to be more capable of processing information

B. Improves concentration and attention

i. http://www.emedexpert.com/tips/music.shtm - Easy listening music or relaxing classics improves the duration and intensity of concentration in all age groups and ability levels

III. Music improves physical performance

A. http://www.emedexpert.com/tips/music.shtm-Improves athletic performance

i. Four central hypothesis explaining music’s facilitation of exercise performance includes: Reduction in the feeling of fatigue, Increase in levels of psychological arousal, physiological relaxation response, improvement in motor coordination

B. Improves body movement and coordination

i. http://www.emedexpert.com/tips/music.shtm- Reduces muscle tension and improves body movement and coordination.

IV. . http://www.emedexpert.com/tips/music.shtm -Music helps to work more productivity

A. Fatigue Fighter

i. -Music can effectively eliminate exercise-induced fatigue and fatigue symptoms cause by monotonous work

B. Improves productivity

i. Journal Neuroscience of Behavior and Physiology – A person’s ability to recognize visual images, including letters and numbers, is faster when either rock or classical music is playing in the background

V. Music calms, relaxes and helps to sleep

A. Relaxing music induces sleep

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B. Reduces stress and aid relaxation

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VI. Music improves mood and decreases depression

A. Prescription for the blues

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Refutation:

I. More Important subjects come first

i. Subjects that are more important educational wise need to have more amount of time so they can fully understand something.

II. Cost

i. Cutting music education will take a dent our of public education expenses.

III. Time

i. Music programs take tremendous amount of time since students need to learn to play an instrument, then practice long hours to perfect it, and only a short amount of time each day in school

IV. Noise and Distraction

i. Students who are taking music may become more involved in their study of music than in their practice of the basics of reading and math, and therefore they may struggle with important classes like reading and mathematics while excelling at music

V. Biased Against Other Arts

i. Some teachers and parents argue that if there is a music education department then every school should allow students to learn about film making, acting and other arts that are not an option at public schools. Cutting the music education department would dissolve some of that bias

VI. Makes Music Education Optional

i. Not everyone is interested in learning how to play a music or in learning music theory. Eliminating music education in public schools would allow students still interested in music the option of taking private lessons, while students who do not care to learn wouldn't be forced to.