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Remember my story wherein Teacher 42 became so uncomfortable with musical choices that she finally said, “You mean there’s no right way?” I concluded that I had given that teacher more doubt and uncertainty than she could handle. (PA Shorts: 42) Well, I read an article, Helping Students Deal With Uncertainty In . . . → Read More: PA Shorts: 42 Redux aka The Uncertainty Principle  Years ago, we spent a day at the San Diego Wild Animal Park with our family. As we were leaving, we heard a man on the phone (a pay phone mind you) say, “ Well, I don’t know about you but after you have seen over 20 species of antelope they kinda all start lookin’ . . . → Read More: Decisions Decisions How do we learn the rules of the game? Some of us get right in there, roll up our sleeves and get our hands dirty. We figure out the rules quite naturally along the way. Others of us are more systematic and require a list of rules and strategies to study before we begin. If . . . → Read More: PA Shorts: Rules Teachers Have Learning Styles Too! (Jewler & Gardner, 1993) If you: Make decisions after finding out what others think /Are active, energetic, and like having others around / Prefer activities that include others / Like to meet new people / Communicate your inner thoughts and feelings freely You just might be an Extravert! If you: Make decisions without consulting others . . . → Read More: Wrap Up: Learning Style Series This is the fourth post in our series about the four learning style pairs of Isabel Meyers-Briggs and how they apply to music teaching and learning. Do you have an Perceiver or a Judger in your life? Do you yourself have strong tendencies toward one side or the other? Here we go! Sarah is a . . . → Read More: Learning Styles: Perceivers ~ Judgers Brad is a Thinker Brad values logic and organization. He has difficulty reviewing musical performances, creative work or prose because of their subjective nature. Brad excels at tasks such as theoretical analysis and the science of musical sound. Brad makes judgments based on principle and fairness. He is able to stand firm in his beliefs . . . → Read More: Learning Styles: Thinking ~ Feeling This is the second in our series about the four learning style pairs of Isabel Meyers-Briggs and how they apply to music teaching and learning. (see Learning Styles: Introversion ~ Extroversion 7/27/10 and Learning in Style 7/26/10). Do you have an Intuitive or a Sensor in your life? Do you yourself have strong tendencies toward . . . → Read More: Learning Styles: Intuitives ~ Sensers In Learning in Style, I promised a series detailing the four style pairs of Isabel Meyers-Briggs. Of course the names have been changed to protect the innocent. Seriously, most of us are a glorious mix of both halves within a pair. However, when a person is heavily weighted toward one side of a pair, that . . . → Read More: Learning Styles: Introversion ~ Extraversion While updating Piano Addict this morning I ran across this link: Why Intelligent People Fail. Many of the characteristics for failure rang a bell for me. I prefer my glass half full so let’s look a little at Learning Styles and how to help intelligent people succeed. I’ll give an overview in this post and then . . . → Read More: Learning in Style  |
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