The practice of praxis. Are we asking the right questions? Every year with my students I discuss what is curriculum and how does one create it? We go from didactic situations through to praxis, reading and then discussing, and this year something hit me. In learning I believe that only the person can learn, e.g. …
In our connected world, networking to create connections is an invaluable asset, but it is not necessarily something easy or instantaneous. When people move to a new city it can take years to feel ‘settled’. How can we create a community of practice, a community or learners, a community of professionals, a community of friends? …
What makes you tick, musically? (2 min read) Was there a moment, an experience, perhaps a person or meeting that really inspired you – that’s what this is about.
Cello cello cello cello cello That’s where my brain is at the moment. Every year I do a recital at the University and every year there is a moment when I wonder why why why? I don’t have to. Nobody requires me to, it’s not part of my job. But somehow I need to. It is …
When you (or I) light that candle there is no telling how far the light will extend, how many lives it will touch now or in the future, and how many other candles will be lit from it. This morning while still in darkness, with sounds of wind kicking up and splaying bouts of rain …
It’s all about that #YesICan. Self-efficacy. The book. This Tuesday 5:30-6:30 GMT is the time to share and celebrate, and yes, the event will be live-streamed. I’m not so good at celebrating or accepting compliments of any sort, and somehow I have managed to make this event into something that I am really looking forward …
This post is about learning, and what happens when learning is visible – to the learner and to others. (2 min read) This morning I was practising and I had one of those moments that really made me stop in my tracks and think. In a week I have a big event, it’s my book …
We’ve all heard about thinking outside the box. How about thinking outside the bucket? What about thinking outside… Outside the discipline? Outside the medium? How about opening your mind beyond the box? In couple of recent classes I asked my students to show me music. I did’t want an essay – did’t want to have …
The project that has become Musiquality is actually hitting the road. I jump on the plane in two days, followed two days later by the other 5 in the group. When this started back in September – as a fleck of excitement in a skype call – we had no idea where it would go …
(2 min read) Yesterday was the second webinar of those helpful Blog Brothers, and they were visited by some helpful Blog Sisters. I could only tune in to the second half as I am away at a conference and although the formal programme finished about halfway into the webinar, forgetting my headphones meant that being …