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Ken and Michael Newton give us a peek at the recent 'Recharge' PD held at St George's in October 2017
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10/27/2017 0 Comments Musical Futures in China!The Musical Futures International team are just back from our visit to China where it was a privilege to be there as guests of the China Musical Instrument Association, Best Friends Music and Culture and Dalian Fuyin Music. Supported by The NAMM Foundation, we worked with around 70 fantastic teachers in Shanghai and Dalian. Read Anna Gower's reflections on the trip in her guest blog post here We mostly communicated through making music, just a few translated Musical Futures slides and a little help from a translator to assist with some of the directions. So we learned music through music! One principle central to Musical Futures is to talk less, play more and we certainly put that into practice with some great musical outcomes and proof that Musical Futures really is transferable regardless of context. A BIG thanks to the CMIA, NAMM Foundation, Best Friends Music in Shanghai and Dalian Fuyin Music in Dalian and all the teachers we met and worked with. 10/19/2017 0 Comments Musical Futures recognised amongst 'most innovative' global education initiatives "If they won't learn the way we teach, can we teach the way they learn?"
Finnish educational organisation HundrED is selecting 100 leading educational innovations to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Finland's famous and highly regarded education system. In 2016 HundrED recognised the 100 leading Finnish education innovations, this year they are plotting the 100 leading global initiatives. Musical Futures was included in the first 10 of their global 100. It's a huge accolade for people like David Price, Lucy Green*, Abigail D'Amore, Anna Gower (and others) who were instrumental in creating, developing and sustaining Musical Futures, bringing to life an important piece of research as a tangible and effective approach to the learning and teaching of music in schools. Musical Futures has grown and developed across the last decade first in the UK, then Australia, Canada and now internationally in more than 71 countries worldwide. We also recognise the leadership of Ian Harvey and Ken Owen, Directors of Musical Futures Australia now working to expand the reach of Musical Futures into Asia, The Middle East and beyond, keeping the approaches fresh, relevant and true to the core values of Musical Futures. They are supported by a rapidly expanding network of Champion Teachers and Champion Schools helping to shape the development of new models, materials and approaches from within their classrooms. It's a significant achievement too for the UK-based organisation The Paul Hamlyn Foundation who provided the initial vision and over 10 years of support for Musical Futures. In October 2017, Fran Hannan, Managing Director of Musical Futures UK travelled to Helsinki for the official announcement of the Global HundrED innovations for 2017. Of course this kind of recognition wouldn't have happened if Musical Futures remained just a good idea on paper. It’s the practical application and refinement of the MF approach in schools and by teachers including well over 1,000 Australian teachers and more recently the growth of our international communities across Canada, New Zealand, The Middle East and Asia that have helped Musical Futures to earn this recognition. So congratulations to all our Musical Futures teachers and schools who have joined our Take, Use, Innovate, Share approach to music education by attending workshops, sharing ideas and making new friends in one of the many international teacher communities that have developed through a shared aim to provide students with relevant and engaging musical experiences and opportunities in schools. We rely on teachers to continue to challenge us to keep things moving forward in rapidly changing times and to keep real world, student-centred learning and high quality teacher professional development at the heart of the global development of Musical Futures. While you probably don't need to see what HundrED have said about Musical Futures there many other educational innovations that have been recognised by the group both in Finland and now the world, bringing together a global movement to support and share innovative practice of which Musical Futures is proud to be a part. *Music, Informal Learning and the School: A New Classroom Pedagogy (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series) 1 by Lucy Green (ISBN: 9780754665229) 10/18/2017 0 Comments How to create the right space for learning-join us for MufuOz Chat Wednesday 31st Jan 2018How do you set your space for the teaching and learning of music based on popular music pedagogies and content? Have you changed the layout as you have changed what and how you deliver music in your classroom, perhaps inspired by taking part in a Musical Futures workshop this year. Join us in our Musical Futures Chat Group this week to talk about space/resources and more! Meanwhile, below are some articles to get you thinking! Back in October, The Association for Popular Music Education ran a series of blog posts on creating and using space for teaching popular music which make for interesting reading. Feel free to share your stories and photos in the comments section below or join one of our online teacher communities to share your ideas with others! Turning Spaces Into Places by Gareth Dylan Smith Space: The Final Frontier (or Creating the Right Space for Teaching Popular Music) by Chris Sampson Student Ownership and Creating Space by John Churchville What do we mean by Space by Kat Reinhert We love a good nose around a school music department and there is so much to be learned from visiting another school and sharing ideas for how and why things are set up like they are. That's why all our Musical Futures International workshops are held in schools with plenty of time to network, share and get to know people! We love a good nose around a school music department and there is so much to be learned from visiting another school and sharing ideas for how and why things are set up like they are. That's why all our Musical Futures International workshops are held in schools with plenty of time to network, share and get to know people! We love a good nose around a school music department and there is so much to be learned from visiting another school and sharing ideas for how and why things are set up like they are. That's why all our Musical Futures International workshops are held in schools with plenty of time to network, share and get to know people! |
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