Literacy
Below are some ideas for music educators on literacy, a big "buzz word"
in administrative circles these days.
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ON LITERACY:
I created a short presentation on Howard
Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences relative to music literacy,
and I annotated my sources both in the presentation and in the notes
section.
Click below to open a "web version" of my
Powerpoint presentation.
To download the actual file so you can play it on
your computer and control the animations, click here:
LINKS TO LITERACY:
The links below deal with literacy in the arts,
specifically music education and band education when appropriate:
This is a short position paper from the Montana
Bandmasters Association:
This link is an excellent presentation aimed at
increasing musical literacy in the young and developing band program by
Pulitzer Prize winning composer Michael Colgrass. The
article/presentation deals with teaching literacy through composition
and improvisation using non-traditional notation (Requires Adobe PDF
reader):
The link below is to a somewhat controversial
article that claims that the "No Child Behind" act is seriously hurting
music education programs in the United States:
The following link is a
wonderful resource from the Ontario Music Educators Association
detailing how to link music to other disciplines by using literacy.
There are even MS Word and MS Powerpoint files on this site!
Think Literacy: Cross-Curricular Approaches, Grades 7 –12 was
developed by a writing team, commissioned by the Expert Panel on
Students at Risk (Literacy), to support teachers as they use reading,
writing and oral communication approaches in their classrooms:
Music
Instruction Aids Verbal Memory: This
Hong Kong study explored the
possibility that music training changes the left brain, aiding other
left-brain operations. The article discusses music and literacy
throughout and makes several interesting arguments:
The full text of this article can be downloaded
here (PDF reader required):
|
Note
