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Classical Music for Studying and Concentration | Relaxation Study Music Piano and Violin

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1 Hour of some of the best Classical Music for studying and concentration by Felix Draeseke. It is the perfect relaxing music for studying to focus and concentrate, reading, writing or working in office: relaxation piano and violin music with soothing rain sounds.

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Your Brain On Music: Jesse Boere at TEDxAmsterdamED

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http://www.tedxamsterdamed.com Should our educators pay more attention to music? Yes, they should, says Jesse Boere. He will give you a glimpse into your brain on music and inspire you to support sustainable and quality music education in our schools. Could music be the key to enriching our knowledge economy?

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Music matters, it matters, it matters…

You ask how, I say in language, schema, inference, questioning, determining importance, visualizing, and synthesis…

It matters, it matters…

Cognitive flexibility, plasticity, ability to learn,,,

It matters…

Decoding, notation, exploration…

Multimodal, cross curricular, comprehension…

Multiple intelligences, visual-spatial, verbal-linguistic, logical-mathematical, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalistic, MUSICAL-RHYTHMIC-HARMONIC

They matter…

Shinichi Suzuki, we can learn music as a language…

Music matters, to us, to you

It matters…

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Music helps reading comprehension by helping students motivation and their understanding of language. This can be shown in the way that we learn the ABC's through a song, or how we read nursery rhymes with a rhythm. Both of these support students understanding of language and reading.

Music also supports learning to read by presenting students with something that is similar. If students have already learned to read music, which is also read from left to right and top to bottom, they may be better prepared to learn to reading. Students are also more aware of how when you read a note it leads to a certain sound being made, this leads to a better phonemic awareness, as well.

Music education leads to a greater cognitive flexibility, and leads to a mind that is more prepared for cognitive challenges. This explores the importance of the multiple intelligences and their use in the classroom.

Shinichi Suzuki explored how we can learn music is a similar way to language. His method involves introducing children to music early and having them study it in a similar way to how they learn to speak.

The importance of testing and exceeding in the core subjects have largely led to the elimination of music education. Music education can be advocated for if it is seen as valuable to the school. One school, which advocates for music education, states that  it has to be valued across the board, it must be valued by the administration, teachers, students, parents, and the community, in order to remain. This school also advocates for the fact that music education supports learning in other subjects. Other things that need to be considered are money responsibilities, sources of revenue, and collaboration with other schools.

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My interest in this topic stems from a love of music and an understanding that allowing students to express themselves musically is important.

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Bain, B. (1978). The cognitive flexibility claim in the bilingual and music education research traditions. MENC: The National Association for Music Education, 26(2). Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.libproxy.lib.ilstu.edu/stable/pdf/3344881.pdf

Butzlaff, R. (2000). Can music be used to teach reading?. The Journal of Aesthetic Education, 34, 167-178. http://www.jstor.org.libproxy.lib.ilstu.edu/stable/pdf/3333642.pdf

Every child can learn. (2017). Retrieved February 26, 2017, from https://suzukiassociation.org/about/suzuki-method/?gclid=Cj0KEQiAlsrFBRCAxcCB54XElLEBEiQA_ei0DOkNNZSTp67YweWR_0NSCVMXUuM89z_c6coUOU6nSv0aAjzm8P8HAQ

Frasher, K. D. (2014). Music and literacy: Strategies using comprehension connections by Tanny McGregor. National Association for Music Education, 27, 6-9.

Major, M. (2013). How they decide: A case study examining the decision-making process for keeping or cutting music in a K–12 public school district. Journal of Research in Music Education, 61, 5-25. Retrieved from http://journals.sagepub.com.libproxy.lib.ilstu.edu/doi/pdf/10.1177/0022429412474313

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In connection to the bigger societal issue, I believe that we need to be considering what is happening when we cut music out of our schools?

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Connections to Literacy and Content Areas

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Connections to Literacy and Content Areas

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Music education can be used to guide students literacy learning by showing this other ways to learn reading and writing. it can be used as a support system and as a tool for differentiation. It guides reading comprehension and creates cognitive flexibility. This can also lead to a better understanding in other content areas.

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How music can help reading comprehension

Similarities between music and literacy learning

Music education and cognitive flexibility

Shinichi Suzuki

Solutions to cutting of music education from schools

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How to we implement music into the classroom and have a discipline classroom?

How do I ensure that the focus remains on literacy learning while using music as a tool?

Are there any ways in which music should not be used in the classroom?

How do I advocate for using these music strategies?

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Music Education has been being eliminated in many schools across the nation, in this project I have inquired into the importance of music in the classroom and how to become a better advocate for the arts.