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Dr Christopher J Smith
Associate Professor & Chair of Musicology; Director of the Vernacular Music Center & the TTU Celtic
Ensemble
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gatha: a set of practices
gatha exercise
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Who do you want to be as a teacher?
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What life do you want to
live?
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How do we lead a life:in which teaching, research, and service;
in which body and mind; in which work and play;
in which solitude, friends, colleagues, and family, all occupy a healthy, integrated, constructive, fully-realized
continuum?
In which we make positive impact in the world?
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Integrate: action and contemplation,
effort and intuition, listening and speaking,teaching and learning.
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Recognize the value in creating constructive mental, psychological and
even spiritual spaces.
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Emphasize processes over results.
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Transmit skills over data.
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Develop focus & concentration: single-
tasking
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Trusting the old ways: demonstration-imitation-critique,
memorization, teaching with the body
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Model a way to be in the world: conduct, integrity,
focus, mutual respect,
boundaries, effort,
precision
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Balance work dynamics: leader/sideman/collaborator
, Group/individual,
the 5% rule
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Accept responsibility: space,
excellence, leadership,
conduct, empathy,
rigor
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the gatha exercise
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Thank you!
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Dr Christopher J Smithhttp://ttuvmc.org