Compare and Contrast Bloom’s Taxonomy with 9 National Standards for Music Education

Bloom’s Taxonomy, like the National Standards for music education, is separated into various categories. These differing categories are: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. The National Standards for music education are separated into nine different standards with each content standard containing more specific strands. Bloom’s Taxonomy also has more specific definitions for the various categories. Both of these have verb suggestions in which teachers can write learning targets with. Learning targets are beneficial because they tell students exactly what they are expected to learn from the lesson being taught. The difference between these two is that Bloom’s Taxonomy can be used across the curriculum in any subject area with any topic. The National Standards for music education will have a more limited integration with topics within a subject area.