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Characteristics of Effective Learning

This teacher talks about the characteristics, playing and exploring, active learning and creating and thinking critic...

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What is the place of rote learning

Mick Waters considers the place of rote learning in education and its strengths and limitations.

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Engaging all children in their learning

Mick Waters on successful schools and school improvement.

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What engages children in learning?

Purpose, process and audience.

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Knowing where they are going

Patricia Broadfoot discusses the importance of setting learning objectives.

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Assessing for next steps in learning

An Early Years teacher defines learning outcomes.

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Seeing the whole child as a learner

Why don't we assess across a broad curriculum and acknowledge that learning is complex and uneven?

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Continuity in children's learning - laying the crazy paving

What is the starting point in planning learning?

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Learning from mistakes

Less focussed on outcomes than process, this teacher believes that learning from mistakes helps to build resilience a...

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EYFS: Commentary

Teacher reflection on first steps in EYFS music.

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EYFS: The Name Game

Children respond to the name song, singing their own name to the backing.

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EYFS: Nursery rhymes & actions

I'm a little teapot and the 'ABC' song, pulse and actions.

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EYFS: Finding the pulse

Listening for a heartbeat/pulse, Reception play along on woodblocks.

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Using Resonance for Tone Development

In this larger advanced violin lesson, the teacher explores open string resonance to internalise and develop depth of...

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Introducing the Left Hand: Cello

This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the Cello to beginner students.

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Introducing the Bow: Cello

This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the Cello to beginner students.

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Cello Posture

This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the Cello to beginner students.

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Developing Technique Creatively

This experienced string teacher uses a variety of creative games and props to explore advanced flexible wrist and fin...

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Developing Tone

In this advanced violin group, the teacher explores strategies for developing tone.

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Effective string crossing

In this advanced group violin lesson, the teacher breaks the difficulty of 'string crossing' into smaller component p...

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Developing Violin Staccato

In this advanced group violin lesson, the students are taken through a series of tasks and activities to develop the ...

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Performance for Learning

In this short video, the group perform part of Corelli's "La Folia" to begin the lesson.

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Bow Hold

This instrumental teacher offers some advice for developing correct bow hold.

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CPD: Instrumental Teachers

This instrumental teacher discusses the support structures available within a music service. Training and CPD are imp...

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Confidence

This instrumental string teacher discusses her approaches to teaching and the connection with confidence

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