hey ash...just watched the video...hits the nail on the head...a study conducted in montreal sometime ago took elementary kids in the lowest quartile in their class and arranged with their parents to install a piano and set them up with lessons for a year...results were very positive...kids moving from the lowest to the top quartile...one kid said that the piano required studying and he started to do the same thing with his homework...not sure what happened after that but i bet there is a lot of research to support music programmes...one of the best things i did for my kids was to hook them up with a wonderful piano teacher...they still see her and it has been a very positive relationship with another adult for them...as a former bio teacher there is a lot of evidence of the importance of music to brain development...and you know when it comes down to the core music is the universal language that ties us all together...rich terfry the drive radio two 3:30
There seems to be an obvious correlation between academic achievement and involvement in the arts. Just look at any high school band program. If you compare the average grades of band students to those of non-band students you would usually see a notable difference. Band students typically score higher, have greater levels of engagement, and demonstrate greater depth of thought, and show determination. I don't know if this is a result of music education, or pre-existing personality traits that engaged students in band to begin with.
I'd be curious get some tips from you Ashley about integrating more music into my Social Studies class.
hey ash...just watched the video...hits the nail on the head...a study conducted in montreal sometime ago took elementary kids in the lowest quartile in their class and arranged with their parents to install a piano and set them up with lessons for a year...results were very positive...kids moving from the lowest to the top quartile...one kid said that the piano required studying and he started to do the same thing with his homework...not sure what happened after that but i bet there is a lot of research to support music programmes...one of the best things i did for my kids was to hook them up with a wonderful piano teacher...they still see her and it has been a very positive relationship with another adult for them...as a former bio teacher there is a lot of evidence of the importance of music to brain development...and you know when it comes down to the core music is the universal language that ties us all together...rich terfry the drive radio two 3:30
ReplyDeleteThere seems to be an obvious correlation between academic achievement and involvement in the arts. Just look at any high school band program. If you compare the average grades of band students to those of non-band students you would usually see a notable difference. Band students typically score higher, have greater levels of engagement, and demonstrate greater depth of thought, and show determination. I don't know if this is a result of music education, or pre-existing personality traits that engaged students in band to begin with.
ReplyDeleteI'd be curious get some tips from you Ashley about integrating more music into my Social Studies class.