Kathy H. Cochran is an experienced educator who has instructed musicians at every level. Her expertise helps many Furman students prepare for a career in teaching music.
Cochran's research is focused on methods and strategies of instruction in general and choral music, integration of music into the general education curriculum, and effects of music on human physiology, psyche, and culture.
Training
Richard Maag and Bingham Vick
Furman University
We do the best we can with what we have. Prior knowledge is the basis of all new learning. We learn best what we teach. Teaching is more than a job. It is a calling. The only real failure is the failure to try. Perseverance is 99 percent of the game of life. A teacher's job is to program students for success. We can't expect people to display behaviors they have never been taught.
MUS-430 Music for Elementary Classroom Teachers
MUS-434 Elementary Music Methods
MUS-431 Vocal/Choral Methods
MUS-432 Instrumental Music Methods
MUS-432 Choral and General Music Methods
FYS-1189 Music and the Brain
MUS-051 Freshman Colloquium
Supervision of general and choral student teachers