I’d fully intended my last blog post for this course to be full of deep and meaningful insights into how I see the future of music education that would spark brilliant conversations with great thinkers in the realm of music teaching. However, I’ve been packing up life in Thailand, waving goodbye to NIST International School … Continue reading Six Weeks of #MFlearn19
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Holistic Learning in the Music Classroom
Flea is the Bass Guitarist for the 'Red Hot Chilli Peppers' Anna Gower is the guest speaker for week 4 of #MFLearn19 discussing the ‘haphazard’ an ‘chaotic’ nature of holistic learning in the music room as students all take different journeys to reach their goals. She asks, do we really need to spend time differentiating … Continue reading Holistic Learning in the Music Classroom
In at the deep end: sink or swim? #MFLearn19
I have so many thoughts on student choice, student voice and (insert dramatic music) ‘group work!‘ that I’ve gathered through 17 years of teaching in an array of different environments ranging from the ‘very, very challenging’ to the ‘pinch me is this really teaching?’ that it’s hard to know where to begin. But begin I … Continue reading In at the deep end: sink or swim? #MFLearn19