Category: pedagogy

The clicker What if your clarinet teacher used a clicker on you in your next lesson? Yes, a clicker, like for training a dog, clicking when you did something correctly. Do you think it would feel insulting? Distracting? Do you think it would help you learn? Orthopedic surgeon Martin Levy is pioneering an approach to…

I came across an article that got me thinking about my teaching philosophy – “The Educational Value of Creative Disobedience” by Andrea Kuszewski.  The article explores research and personal experience about the value of a creative, exploratory approach to learning as opposed to a linear, rote approach.  According to Kuszewski, studies have found that too…