Posted on March 29th, 2008 by AG
‘The greatest enemy of learning is coverage. As long as you are determined to cover everything you guarantee that most kids are not going to understand.’
Howard Gardner
Loose statistics indicate that more than half of teachers write day to day lesson plans with the express aim of covering material.
We know, though, that learning rarely takes [...]
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Posted on March 19th, 2008 by atg
Posted on March 11th, 2008 by AG
Students fear failure. Especially Public Failure. While learning music, failure is a big part of the process that helps stimulate and cement learning of musical concepts and elements such as pitch, intonation, rhythmic accuracy, balance and blend. Failure always precedes learning. When a note is played wrong (hopefully with confidence), a mental adjustment is made [...]
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Posted on March 9th, 2008 by AG
1- ARTS IN EDUCATION MODEL DEVELOPMENT AND DISSEMINATION
The program supports the enhancement,
expansion, documentation, evaluation, and dissemination of innovative,
cohesive models that demonstrate effectiveness in:
Integrating into and strengthening arts in the core elementary and middle school curricula;
Strengthening arts instruction in those grades; and
Improving students’ academic performance, including their skills in creating, performing, and responding to the [...]
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Posted on March 5th, 2008 by atg
Posted on March 5th, 2008 by atg
Posted on March 4th, 2008 by atg
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Posted on March 2nd, 2008 by atg
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