12/09/2022
The most difficult student to teach is the one who knows everything. And, the most difficult teacher to learn from is the one who doesn’t provide a culture of questioning.
Creating a culture of questioning in a vocal studio is a matter of the instructor asking questions themselves. If/when the instructor asks questions, the student will follow. It’s an unspoken and often overlooked agreement in the instructor-student relationship.
Creating a culture of questioning in a vocal studio allows the vocal instructor to really know where the student is at in their understanding of their vocal work, not just how they’re doing in application.
When a student comes to their vocal instructor with questions, it means they’re sincerely interested in the answer, in greater understanding. This is an ideal place for the vocal instructor to be - the student WANTS to learn and is engaged in the learning process. How wonderful!
Questions are the gateway to greater understanding + greater empowerment.
✨When a student receives vocal feedback and they don’t fully understand the feedback they’ve received, it’s important they feel safe enough to ask questions until they do.
✨When a student is expected to do something with their voice and they don’t understand what they’re doing or why they’re doing it, it is important they feel safe enough to ask questions until they do.
✨When a student successfully/unsuccessfully does what is expected of them, but they don’t understand how they did/didn’t do it, it is important they feel safe enough to ask questions until they do.
✨If a student has *any* questions, it is important they feel safe enough to ask those questions, regardless of who they are studying with, how long they’ve been studying, how successful or unsuccessful they’ve been, etc.
Questioning is a right.
