Not my usual type of blog post, but I thought this is important to share. Music at the HSC level[…]
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Category: Education
Music education enhances quality of school life
Extended music education enhances quality of school life There is more to school music education than is readily apparent.[…]
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Experienced School Teachers Needed
Experienced School Teachers Needed I am now at the point in my Ph.D where I need to stretch my participant[…]
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Rewards affect feelings towards learning and motivation
Rewards affect feelings towards learning and motivation Rewards are extrinsic motivators (Hidi, 2015). They change the reason for doing a[…]
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Rewards in education – Who benefits?
What a fascinating thing. Total control of a living organism! – B.F.Skinner (1983) Rewards in education – Who benefits? Some[…]
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Work motivation among teachers.
Teacher motivation Adaptive and maladaptive work motivation among teachers. I am very interested in how and what keeps teachers motivated.[…]
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Neuromyths: Why do they still exist?
Neuromyths: Why do they still exist? I came across this article which I believe is relevant to music education, as many[…]
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What motivates teachers?
What motivates teachers In studies by Watt and Richardson (2007, 2008) that authors investigated the initial motivation of individual intending[…]
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How do teachers stay motivated?
How do teachers stay motivated? Even wondered how a teacher stays motivated or how you motivate yourself to continue teaching?[…]
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Joint music making promotes prosocial behavior in 4-year-old children
Joint music making promotes prosocial behavior in 4-year-old children Kirschner & Tomasello, (2010) found in a study of 4[…]
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