Music education
Musikinésia, a game that teaches you music theory
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- Tuesday, 04 October 2016
Not long ago, Rock Band 3 had a plastic keyboard that let players get the hang of rhythms on the piano, and Synthesia got a little closer to actually being a pack of lessons by using the whole range of a MIDI keyboard as a controller. None of them, though, teach players about music theory as Musikinésia attempts to.
L'éducation musicale en Suisse inscrite dans la constitution, et après ?
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- Tuesday, 04 October 2016
En 2012, 72% de Suisses ont voté pour que l'éducation musicale soit inscrite dans la constitution et devienne un droit fondamental pour chaque enfant. Quatre ans plus tard, quelles sont les répercussions de ce vote sur le paysage de l'éducation musicale en Suisse ?
Spotify for Education launches to promote music in schools everywhere
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- Tuesday, 20 September 2016
Spotify have launched a new initiative, Spotify for Education, to team up with teachers and creative academics to “strengthen the role of music in schools”.
How to Get Kids to Fall (and Stay) in Love with Music
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- Tuesday, 20 September 2016
The thing that’s going to hook students first and foremost is the quality of the music that they’re going to learn. There’s good music and bad music in every genre in every style.
Three Qualities of Effective Assessment of Student Learning
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- Tuesday, 20 September 2016
Assessment is important because the information gained can be used to improve student learning, improve teaching, and communicate to others evidence about the learning process (accountability). Assessment, to be effective, should be useful, targeted, and sustainable.
Online training: chromebooks and mixed devices in music education
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- Tuesday, 20 September 2016
Everyone that completes the full online training session will also receive a personalised certificate of attendance.
L'éducation musicale au Japon, un modèle à suivre ?
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- Tuesday, 20 September 2016
Le Japon fait figure d'exception mondiale tant l'apprentissage de la musique est fortement ancré dans le système scolaire. En faisant de la musique une discipline aussi importante que les mathématiques, le pays a réussi à la généraliser à l'ensemble de la société. Mais est-ce pour autant une réussite ?
Should all string players learn how to improvise?
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- Monday, 05 September 2016
We teach children to write creatively, not just to read, he argues, so why do we ask young string players to play from the page without encouraging them to improvise or compose?
Iraqi Kids Find Refuge in Music
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- Monday, 05 September 2016
All too often, in Iraq and many other places in the world, children grow up to the sound of explosions and sirens. But in a classroom in Basra, a different sound surrounds them — music.
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