Author’s Note: This post takes a practical approach to using MagicSchool’s generative AI functions. The many ethical issues that surround the use of AI generative tools have been published broadly. The Center for Teaching Innovation at Cornell University presents an outline of some ethical concerns that can inform educators as they navigate these complexities andContinue reading “Exploring MagicSchool.ai to Help Teach Musical Styles”
Tag Archives: Music Education
On the Nature of Creativity: Drawing from the PISA 2021 Creative Thinking Framework
CITATION: OECD. (2019). Framework for the Assessment of Creative Thinking in PISA 2021 (Third Draft) This is a long entry—much longer than I normally post—that in effect summarizes the PISA Creativity Framework, the theoretical foundation for an international test designed to assess creativity. This post begins with an overview of the assessment, then moves into a descriptionContinue reading “On the Nature of Creativity: Drawing from the PISA 2021 Creative Thinking Framework”
Self-determination theory: An approach to motivation in music education
ANNOTATION: Evans, Paul (2015). Self-determination theory: An approach to motivation in music education. Musicae Scientiae, 19(1), 65-83. doi: 10.1177/10298649/4568044. Though numerous motivational models have been previously applied to understand motivation in music learning, no theoretical framework has been universally accepted. In this article, Evans provides an argument for Self-Determination Theory as an ideal theoretical modelContinue reading “Self-determination theory: An approach to motivation in music education”
The Effect of Individualized Online Instruction on TPACK Skills and Achievement in Piano Lessons
ANNOTATION: Kaleli, Y. S. (2021). The Effect of Individualized Online Instruction on TPACK Skills and Achievement in Piano Lessons. International Journal of Technology in Education 4(3), 399-412. doi.org/10.46328/ijte.143 This study worked with a control group and experimental group of music education majors to compare student learning outcomes and performance in online piano instruction via aContinue reading “The Effect of Individualized Online Instruction on TPACK Skills and Achievement in Piano Lessons”
“The Web as an Information The Web as an Information Resource in K–12 Education: Strategies for Supporting Students in Searching and Processing Information.”
ANNOTATION: Kuiper, Els, Monique Volman, and Jan Terwel. “The Web as an Information Resource in K–12 Education: Strategies for Supporting Students in Searching and Processing Information.” Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Review of Educational Research. Fall 2005, Vol. 75, No. 3, pp. 285–328. This article from 2005 is a meta-analysis of research in Web-based learning from 1997-2002.Continue reading ““The Web as an Information The Web as an Information Resource in K–12 Education: Strategies for Supporting Students in Searching and Processing Information.””
“Bringing a ‘What’s the problem represented to be?’ approach to music education: A National Plan for Music Education 2022”
ANNOTATION: Carol Bacchi (2023) Bringing a ‘What’s the problem represented to be?’ approach to music education: a national plan for music education 2022, Music Education Research, 25:3, 231-241, DOI: 10.1080/14613808.2023.2223220 This article presents Carol Bacchi’s “What’s the Problem Represented to Be?” (WPR) critical approach to interpreting the UK’s National Plan for Music Education document (2022).Continue reading ““Bringing a ‘What’s the problem represented to be?’ approach to music education: A National Plan for Music Education 2022””
“A Paradigm Analysis of Arts-Based Research and Implications for Education”
ANNOTATION: Rolling, Jr., James Haywood. A Paradigm Analysis of Arts-Based Research and Implications for Education. Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research 2010, 51(2), 102-114. In “A Paradigm Analysis of Arts-Based Research and Implications for Education,” author James Haywood Rolling, Jr. of Syracuse University, attempts to describe arts-based research and outline itsContinue reading ““A Paradigm Analysis of Arts-Based Research and Implications for Education””
Susan Gedutis Lindsay 