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Characteristics of Effective Learning
This teacher talks about the characteristics, playing and exploring, active learning and creating and thinking critic...
What is the place of rote learning
Mick Waters considers the place of rote learning in education and its strengths and limitations.
Knowing where they are going
Patricia Broadfoot discusses the importance of setting learning objectives.
Seeing the whole child as a learner
Why don't we assess across a broad curriculum and acknowledge that learning is complex and uneven?
Continuity in children's learning - laying the crazy paving
What is the starting point in planning learning?
Learning from mistakes
Less focussed on outcomes than process, this teacher believes that learning from mistakes helps to build resilience a...
Using Resonance for Tone Development
In this larger advanced violin lesson, the teacher explores open string resonance to internalise and develop depth of...
Introducing the Left Hand: Cello
This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the Cello to beginner students.
Introducing the Bow: Cello
This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the Cello to beginner students.
Cello Posture
This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the Cello to beginner students.
Developing Technique Creatively
This experienced string teacher uses a variety of creative games and props to explore advanced flexible wrist and fin...
Effective string crossing
In this advanced group violin lesson, the teacher breaks the difficulty of 'string crossing' into smaller component p...
Developing Violin Staccato
In this advanced group violin lesson, the students are taken through a series of tasks and activities to develop the ...
Performance for Learning
In this short video, the group perform part of Corelli's "La Folia" to begin the lesson.
CPD: Instrumental Teachers
This instrumental teacher discusses the support structures available within a music service. Training and CPD are imp...
Confidence
This instrumental string teacher discusses her approaches to teaching and the connection with confidence