Topic
|
Posts
|
Reading music at GSCE
GCSE music has been in the news after BBC Music Magazine reported that it was possible to gain a Grade A without being able to read music.
Read about it here.
And here.
What do you think? Is the report realistic? Have they missed the point? Is the current syllabus problematic? Do we need to prioritise notation?
|
0
|
CRISIS IN NEW YORK CITY--PLEASE HELP US!
An all-volunteer informal group of inspired individuals drafted a petition to bring back to NYC public schools not only music and art but dance as well as part of the core curriculum.
Please help us by signing the petition by going to:
www.elsistema-nyc.org.
Thank you,
Jaime S. Austria
|
0
|
Music as a Vehicle for Personal Devlopment
What is the latest empirical evidence of the contribution of music making to brain development, improved communication and interpersonal skills, self confidence, etc?
|
1
|
Singing – lack of confidence or lack or opportunity?
Why do so many young people feel that they "can't sing"? Is it lack of confidence, or lack of opportunity? How much emphasis should there be on singing in schools?
|
9
|
Music and the Deaf
Paul Whittaker, founder and Artistic Director of Music and the Deaf, says "Almost all Music Services admit they have no budget or training to work with deaf pupils." Are the music education needs of the deaf being ignored?
|
1
|
What are your Desert Island Discs?
Singing Ambassador Howard Goodall chose his Desert Island Discs this week. What are yours?
|
4
|
Inclusion and the music examination boards
The steel pan is a musical instrument. Why not just add it to the list of instruments examined? Sure, the instrument has a cultural significance, and the adding of non-white culture to the educational spectrum is a kind of recognition that not everything derived from a white heritage, but the pan is also a viable musical instrument which can be played in a range of styles at a range of levels (say Gd 1 to Gd 8?).
Some years ago (1994, I think) I co-presented a case to senior members of ABRSM & Trinity for simply creating a syllabus of pieces at different grades and allowing pan players, taught by pan teacher or class teacher, or private teacher, to chase Grade qualifications. Both boards agreed in principle, and the ABRSM actually went as far as to commission sample lists of pieces and scales for each grade. But then they seemed to get over-concerned about cultural heritage, and moved on to Music Medals.
|
1
|
Students teaching students
I am very impressed with the way Guildford County School fosters peer collaboration in their music technology club. Children learn very naturally from one another, and as this msuic director from Guildford say, 'everybody wins'. Similarly, I encourage student teaching through my Music and Keyboard in the classroom course (free sample downloads at www.musiceducationworld.com). In this general music course desinged for KS3, Students who play an exercise particularly well may be granted ‘teacher’ status for that exercise. This allows them to browse the class and assess others. Students love this part of the course and I have been delighted with how seriously they undertake it. This creates opportunities for higher level learning, and for me to observe their interactions closely. I aim to give every student the opportunity to be a student teacher and thus create opportunities for all students to develop student leadership and responsibility.
|
1
|
Creative Learning - The Norwegian Strategy
Today children and young people are growing up in a complex and ever-changing society, and in a more interwoven world than previous generations.
If the education system is to succeed in equipping them for the future, it must be based on a broad definition of knowledge and we must succeed in providing adapted education through varied teaching methods.
To ensure that the new National Curriculum reflects a broad definition of knowledge and the basic competence needed by young people today, the Norwegian Government decided to add a new part called «The Quality Framework». Read more, and download the document, at http://udir.no/templates/udir/TM_Artikkel.aspx?id=3567
|
0
|
Early Years Music
Share your experiences of working in early years music.
What problems and issues have you come across?
What great ideas and activities would you like to share with other practitioners?
|
0
|