As applied in my Internship:

As stated in the INTASC Standard #5, a teacher must know their discipline well enough to engage with students on different perspective levels. Knowledge of Gardner's multiple intelligences comes into mind here. Being able to connect musical concepts to different learning styles is a great way to engage with all students.  During my internship I had visual and kinesthetic learners use Kodaly solfege hand signs to visualize the relationship between pitch or interval and movement of the hand. For aural learners I used Vygotsky theory of demonstration of excellence to perform what I was asking for in order to cater to these types of students. Other intelligences are naturally used in a choral environment such as groups for interpersonal learners, or talking through poems for emotional learners. I correlated to my students that these were only a few ways to solve problems when learning music and that similar situations arise in the workforce. Constantly letting the students understand that learning processes in the choir classroom can also teach them how to effectively problem solve in a work environment keeps the students engaged in their learning and gives them a new appreciation and perspective on what we do as music educators.