• Learned behaviours

    Post forty-two in our (re)learning to teach music series. This is week nine of the collaborative blogging and we begin chapter seven.  Vaughan Fleischfresser @VFleischfresser If I try to recall my educational upbringing, specifically in relation to the learning behaviour environment, then my eyes are immediately drawn to the words on the outer edge of…

  • On best behaviour

    On best behaviour

    Post forty-one in our (re)learning to teach music series. This is week nine of the collaborative blogging and we begin chapter seven.  Mike Morgan @MikeMMusicED I feel there is a better way to describe the behaviours. While the Didau’s comments could be considered rules (something the pupils should do) the learning behaviours could be considered…

  • Checking in – The blog so far

    Checking in – The blog so far

    Post forty in our (re)learning to teach music series. This is week eight of the collaborative blogging and today we pause before starting chapter seven to check in with how the blogging has gone so far.  Mike Morgan @MikeMMusicED I think the blogging process has been a great CPD process. I have read and researched…

  • Reflections on evaluation

    Post thirty-nine in our (re)learning to teach music series. This is the first week responding to the tasks in chapter six in Learning to Teach Music in the Secondary School. This is week eight of the collaborative blogging.  Mike Morgan @MikeMMusicED I always wondered what a ‘non-musical’ task consists of in music lessons. When I…

  • Reflections on planning

    Post thirty-eight in our (re)learning to teach music series. This is the first week responding to the tasks in chapter six in Learning to Teach Music in the Secondary School. This is week eight of the collaborative blogging.  Mike Morgan @MikeMMusicED Formal Knowledge: The part where pupils are asked to play one note from the…

  • Lessons in knowledge types

    Lessons in knowledge types

    Post thirty-seven in our (re)learning to teach music series. This is the first week responding to the tasks in chapter six in Learning to Teach Music in the Secondary School. This is week eight of the collaborative blogging.  Mike Morgan @MikeMMusicED Formal Knowledge: The part where pupils are asked to play one note from the…

  • Lessons in musical knowledge

    Lessons in musical knowledge

    Post thirty-six in our (re)learning to teach music series. This is the first week responding to the tasks in chapter six in Learning to Teach Music in the Secondary School. This is week eight of the collaborative blogging.  Vaughan Fleischfresser @VFleischfresser The lesson I’ve chosen to reflect upon is the first lesson in a unit…

  • Shared wisdom

    Shared wisdom

    Post thirty-five in our (re)learning to teach music series. This is the second week responding to the tasks in chapter five in Learning to Teach Music in the Secondary School, and we completed those tasks yesterday. This is week seven of the collaborative blogging, and before we move to chapter six next week and today…

  • Emergent reflections

    Post thirty-four in our (re)learning to teach music series. This is the second week responding to the tasks in chapter five in Learning to Teach Music in the Secondary School. This is week seven of the collaborative blogging.  Mike Morgan @MikeMMusicED From reading and researching the music curriculum through chapter 5, I feel my ideas…

  • Effective curricula: teacher and young people

    Effective curricula: teacher and young people

    Post thirty-three in our (re)learning to teach music series. This is the second week responding to the tasks in chapter five in Learning to Teach Music in the Secondary School. This is week seven of the collaborative blogging.  Vaughan Fleischfresser @VFleischfresser Having revisited my two statements with the emergent curriculum in mind, I don’t believe…