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Article: Accessing the musical intelligence in early childhood education.(Report)
- Article from:
- Australian Journal of Early Childhood
- Article date:
- June 1, 2008
- Author:
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Introduction
EVERY STUDENT LEARNS in a different manner. Just as a student's learning style may differ, so must the teaching style differ to allow the student to capitalise on the teachable moment. Students may hear the same information from a teacher or read the same information in a text, yet they process that information in unique ways. Teachers are faced with the age-old problem of how to reach a final destination, an outcome, with a class of 20-30 students so that each individual student has essentially learned the same material at some 'benchmark' level. At best this is a challenge. In today's schools, with inclusion being the norm, the challenge is even ...