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Shelf life of Rubrics
StartFragment x-tinymce/html In this article, Rick Incorvati and Michael Mattison from the University of Wittenberg discuss the pros and...
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Individual composers in a group situation
StartFragment x-tinymce/html In looking at how young people interact in group setting when composing and also from a teacher's...
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Different Assessment Techniques
StartFragment x-tinymce/html In their book "Minds on Music - Composition for Creative and Critical Thinking," Kaschub and Smith utline...
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So what exactly is composition?
StartFragment x-tinymce/html One of the challenges which I am going to face in exploring the pedagogies behind teaching composition is to...
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A Principled Approach to teaching music composition
This article from Kaschub and Smith, published in 'Research and Issues in Music Education,' was a game changer for me. It helps make the...
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Assessment & Composition
StartFragment x-tinymce/html "There is a long standing dichotomy in music education as to whether the process of composing is assessed,...
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Reducing inequality through Creativity in Education
This interesting article from the World Economic forum highlights the importance of developing creativity skills in Education. Teaching...
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Authentic Assessment
"Because composition is an art with no specific universal rules of right and wrong, assessment must be flexible and open minded." This is...