From school to work, from communication to leisure time, from past memories to the brightest future, Technology has been our best friend in our busy modern era.
Especially during this pandemic, the government and health officials advise that all transactions must be done online to prevent the spread of the deadly airborne diseases COVID-19, DELTA, and Omnicron. It also includes music school lessons.
But when it comes to high-quality learning, online lessons and in-person lessons differ from each other. This is why the struggle is real to decide on what type of method you’ll enroll your child or yourself.
Let us find out the pros and cons of in-person lessons vs online lessons.
Discover which method is right for you:
Why In-Person Music Lessons?
Pros:
- 100% Focus
- Teachers can physically correct students’ wrong placement
- Students can use the school’s high-quality instruments
- Teacher-Student duet
- Fully sanitized studio against viruses
- Health protocols and social distancing are observed
- Students can bond with the teachers and the staff
- Effective and high-quality teaching
Cons:
- Travel and Time costs
- Not safe for COVID-19 and other variants
- Carrying your instrument
Why Online Music Lessons?
Pros:
- Good for sick people
- Good for physically disabled people
- Pandemic safe
- No more travel costs
- Easy Convenience
Cons:
- Not good for people with slow connection
- Many house and internet distractions
- Cannot focus on teacher’s exact discussion
- Students may not have high-quality instruments
- Teachers and students can have unexpected power interruptions
- Not high-quality learning like in-person lessons
In-person lessons makes the student learn effectively, according to experts
Kentucky's research of online learning proved that online lessons have more distractions. Staying focused on online classes is a challenge. Separating home life and class time, not following a routine schedule, the distractions at home, caused students not to be able to concentrate well with their classes. As a result, students tend to procrastinate and set things aside, then deadlines are missed.
Sage Journal’s research on In-Person Learning shows that in-person students value “mattering” or giving importance to learning than other students who study online who give less mattering. In-person students have more compliance on submissions and are more eager to learn as they meet people physically and undistracted from online disturbances.
Why we recommend In-person lessons:
“High-quality music education and health matters to us, we encourage students to have physical classes for effective learning and to perform on our recitals. We implement strict protocols to prevent the spread of deadly viruses” - Casey Thomas, Founder of Creative Soul Music School
If you’re from Northern Texas, you are lucky to enroll at Creative Soul Music School. They implement strict health protocols and social distancing. Teachers and staff are all fully-vaccinated against variants COVID-19, DELTA, and Omnicron. Hand sanitizers, disinfectant sprays to full-bodies and environment, and triple face masks are implemented to prevent the spread of deadly viruses.
Award-winning teachers give fun, advanced, and effective lessons that the students will surely enjoy and learn. High-quality instruments are also shared with the students as well as duets and physical bonding.
