July 2011
8 posts
If-Then: Chapter 4
Kevin Bill
Everyone can be creative. I know we had a big discussion about the difference between Creative and creative, but my bottom line feeling is that everyone can be creative. Reimer says that “musical competence is required in order to create.” The question is how do you define competence. I do not totally buy into the big C Creative idea. What resonates with me is little c creativity. I...
This is an interview with Lynda Barry talking...
Issues Blog - Janet Barrett
Kevin Bill
A journey not an itinerary - Constructing the curriculum not delivering it
These two ideas of curriculum really helps me understand the difference between a modernist and a postmodernist view of education. An itinerary is just a list of places to go and things to see, while a journey is filled with all the experiences you have along the way. If you think about what you are left with...
If-Then: Chapter 3
Kevin Bill
One critical idea that I have taken away from chapter 3 is the idea that feelings and emotions are part of creativity. I have never really thought of it that way before, but after our discussions it makes sense. In order to be creative you need to tap into an emotional side of yourself where imagination and brainstorming live. I have been thinking about how education has changed and...
Issues Blog - John Kratus
Kevin Bill
This statement says it all: “a tipping point has been reached for the viability of music education” (Kratus 43). This article confirms many of my suspicions about the realities of music education and how it is loosing its ability to remain relevant in today’s schools. I do not believe it is true that music is becoming irrelevant, as it was stated in the article young teens listen...
Chapter 9 Reflection Blog
Kevin Bill
The first thing I want to say about chapter 9 is it was way less radical than chapter 8. The second thing I would like to say about chapter 9 is it was way more radical than chapter 8.
On the one hand Reimer doesn’t really call for too many radical changes to the way that performance electives work. I wasn’t expecting that. After reading chapter 8 I thought he was going to...
Chapter 8 Reflection Blog
Kevin Bill
This chapter really spoke to me and to what the current version of my beliefs are. It was mentioned in class that when reading different sections of Reimer it will either repulse or resonate with you, and this chapter really resonated with me.
The idea that I found particularly important was his thoughts about working through the issue of who are we teaching, as Reimer puts it the...
