At higher grades you must be able to discuss with the examiner musical features such as texture, form, style, and period of a piece of music. My own web pages to help with these parts of the test at Grade 5+ and at GCSE are available here!
This page provides links to papers in three key areas of interest:
Research on Literacies
On-line and distributed learning
On-line and distributed learning
A selection of papers developed as part of the Masters Degree in On-line and Distance Education (MAODE) with the UK Open University, passed with distinction in 2005.
Communities of practice: A view on the usefulness of the ideas of communities of practice in a distributed learning environment Click here for printable version.
Starting with learners' needs: Training needs analysis
Technologies and the commodification of knowledge: How far can socio-cultural approaches to learning 'go beyond' their technologies?
Detour, Mobility and Control: A distributed business change project as an Actor Network
Globalisation Exclusion and difference: Two case studies of distributed learning - Telesecundaria in rural Mexico, and an Open University's Masters programme - are analysed for their responsiveness to issues of inclusion, diversity and difference
Design and Deliver: A report on the implementation of on-line learning at a UK university. click here for printable version
Starting with our learners' needs (printable version) Training needs analysis
Learner support Supporting on-line study
Cognitive Flexibility Theory Building highly transferable skills
A selection of papers developed as part of the Masters Degree in On-line and Distance Education (MAODE) with the UK Open University, passed with distinction in 2005.
Using ethnographic approaches to look at literacy practices in a Christianity basics course
Children's use of collaborative talk in the KS2 classroom
On-line talk and identity in a skateboarders forum
The Story Machine - children's narrative practices in the Foundation classroom
A selection of papers written for the Certificate in Teaching for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (CT ABRSM), gained in June 2006.
Teaching special musicians: a paper on the issues and rewards of teaching music to hearing impaired learners
Memorising: a printable page on tips for a systematic approach to learning music for performance
Sightreading: a printable page on building your confidence in playing new pieces on sight
Duet and ensemble playing: a critique of approaches to teaching duet technique
a paper on teaching improvisation and composition
a paper on the design of web pages for developing listening skills
