by Carol Biddiss | Apr 16, 2016 | Innovations in Education
From open-space classrooms to open university At the beginning of my career in 1970 I was lucky enough to teach in one of the first “open-space classrooms” in my city. Many years later, enrolling as a student in a Massive Open Online Course has...
by Carol Biddiss | Apr 6, 2016 | Innovations in Education
This week I enrolled in a course with The University of Sydney. The Massive Open Online or MOOC is titled “The Place of Music in 21st Century Education”. In the information about the course, it’s designer Dr James Humberstone says: What do children...
by Carol Biddiss | Feb 17, 2016 | Research, Training for staff
Newborns have excellent listening skills- babies are musicians! It seems a wild claim but it’s true. Babies are musicians in the sense that they are highly discriminating listeners and have better music appreciation skills than many adults according to Emeritus...
by Carol Biddiss | Feb 1, 2016 | Brain Development, Preschool Music Lesson Plans
Children are social animals and love to see themselves connected. This drawing by a three year old is a fine example of how a child thinks. She has sandwiched herself cosily between the two adults. She is smaller but has a dominant place up high next to their heads. I...
by Carol Biddiss | Jan 31, 2016 | story song
Have a look at the people in the image below. These people sharing stories are all focused on the same ideas. The children and adults in this group are all thinking about the meaning of the spoken words and visual images. This particular story also evokes powerful...
