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Dear Cameron, Thank you for your comment here. Let me break my response into two parts: Firstly, teachers play an essential role in mentoring students, explaining experimentation methodologies, and should expose classes to...
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My pleasure, Caroline. I am glad that this proved helpful to you. I would also be interested in knowing in what direction he ultimately ends up heading. Please do not hesitant in contacting us again if we can be...
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Dear Anton, Should the stimulus for experimentations be provided by the teacher or chosen by the student? On a separate matter, can students submit a piece for 'Presenting Music' if it was used as a submission for 'Experimenting...
Experimenting with Music
Jacob Jon
Hi Anton and Jim, would it be possible to have access to exemplar recordings made by the students as a result of having conducted this research task? The document shared is extremely helpful. However, I was wondering if there was any audio recordings...
Exploring Music in Context - Teaching Strategy II