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Your work is very good and i appreciate you and hopping for some more informative posts. <a href="https://ariavocalacademy.com.au/" rel="nofollow">Number One Singing School Melbourne</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04799769332008918926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582938263430098739.post-10575735775020757962018-07-02T11:07:56.872-07:002018-07-02T11:07:56.872-07:00Hi there, I enjoy everything I have seen of yours ...Hi there, I enjoy everything I have seen of yours on youtube, and thought you might appreciate my little project/ode to music education: <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jahpXBkQCvs&t=2305s<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10926264047718007593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582938263430098739.post-14483600502378337032017-06-22T03:15:41.035-07:002017-06-22T03:15:41.035-07:00As a teacher for over 40 years, now a teacher educ...As a teacher for over 40 years, now a teacher educator, I cannot agree more! My area is science (and it gets a raw deal in primary too, thanks to the endless literacy and numeracy!), but I am also a musician and my parents reliably informed me I was singing from the pram! Back then it was Lonnie Donnegan's 'O Boys Can't You Line 'Em' but my tastes have expanded since then. These days, my choral exploits are folk songs in original languages. Music has taught me so much, I entirely agree with your statements. I also dabble with painting and other arts activities and I prize them all for the creative outlet. I could give up practicing science and survive quite well ... but I could not give up practicing music. I suspect I will be singing my way out of this life. <br />Teaching has indeed been seriously limited and reduced in my lifetime in the job, children are undersold as far as their capabilities are concerned. Yes, literacy and numeracy are clearly important BUT the way we are going about developing this isn't working. We are declining in international comparisons and USA shows that more and more standardised testing isn't effective. We need to aim for a well-rounded education and encouraging them to think. Thank you Richard for speaking out. <br />By the way, just found this by deciding to check out your website after watching a rerun of you on Spicks and Specks. You were such a good sport on that show, always a favourite of mine! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04977097064532245414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582938263430098739.post-58505608966915800032016-12-16T01:50:26.647-08:002016-12-16T01:50:26.647-08:00Really very great information for that post, am am...Really very great information for that post, am amazed and then more new information are get after refer that post. 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(will ...Still "CHIPPA 10" my old mate :)<br /><br />(will check back here occasionally)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582938263430098739.post-77120154656677500062015-09-10T02:48:37.063-07:002015-09-10T02:48:37.063-07:00That is something amazing, will be a great contrib...That is something amazing, will be a great contribution in students life. I am a <a href="http://www.rltuition.com/chemistry/" rel="nofollow">Chemistry Tutor in Melbourne</a> and your words inspired me a lot. I will also try to contribute as much as I can for my students.<br />Hunu nixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00302518252673766271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582938263430098739.post-6457138404696571862015-06-15T22:18:36.280-07:002015-06-15T22:18:36.280-07:00Dear Richard,
We love your inspirational and fight...Dear Richard,<br />We love your inspirational and fighting words. Keep them coming please.Lynda Burkenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582938263430098739.post-78512378425028067762014-12-20T16:19:01.763-08:002014-12-20T16:19:01.763-08:00Article on music and learning
http://www.nytimes.c...Article on music and learning<br />http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/20/nyregion/at-voice-charter-school-in-queens-students-have-outperformed-their-peers-academically.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share<br /><br />Voice Charter School in Long Island City, Queens, credits its focus on music with its students outpacing their peers on New York State math and English exams.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14897779097177910863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582938263430098739.post-12745242914088363592014-08-05T00:05:18.723-07:002014-08-05T00:05:18.723-07:00ATS is a Telstra Award Winner that provides VCE su...ATS is a Telstra Award Winner that provides VCE subjects tutoring service & learning applications. They offer home tutoring and are registered with the ATA (Australian Tutoring Association). Contact ATS now: 8610 6588. Read here for more details: <a href="https://plus.google.com/105632376826883703074/about" rel="nofollow">Melbourne Tutoring Services</a>.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02227247974866921061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582938263430098739.post-88327374330578873242013-09-23T00:36:42.397-07:002013-09-23T00:36:42.397-07:00Aw, this was a really great post. In theory I'...Aw, this was a really great post. In theory I'd like to write like this also - taking time and real effort to make a good article... but what can I say... I procrastinate alot and never seem to get something done. <a href="http://techphonesnews.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Cell Phone Tracker</a>Cell Phone Trackerhttp://techphonesnews.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582938263430098739.post-89853734925105508862013-09-23T00:34:40.676-07:002013-09-23T00:34:40.676-07:00Aw, this was a really great post. In theory I'...Aw, this was a really great post. In theory I'd like to write like this also - taking time and real effort to make a good article... but what can I say... I procrastinate alot and never seem to get something done. <a href="http://ripcurl-crom.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">RIPCURL</a>Cell Phone Trackerhttp://techphonesnews.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582938263430098739.post-57986817799285842372013-08-01T02:20:00.140-07:002013-08-01T02:20:00.140-07:00Thank you, Maestro Gill.
In addition to our shar...Thank you, Maestro Gill. <br /><br />In addition to our shared love of Iris DeMent, you have shown with this post that we agree on another issue.<br /><br />As a music educator and teacher trainer at the tertiary level (I have a US doctorate in choral conducting and theatre), I was dismayed upon moving to Australia 8 years ago to find that there really were little to no opportunities for me to pursue my career, simply because there was very little teacher training needed, due to the appalling lack of arts education in the school systems. <br /><br />I was also a parent, for the person that I moved to Australia for had a child from a previous marriage, and we had full-time care of him. Because arts education is so important to me, we enrolled our child at an expensive private school in inner Sydney that purported to have an exemplary music program. From what I was told, this would be better than what was offered at public schools. Our child began singing in the primary choir and playing clarinet. I was, however, crestfallen when I went to the school's music concert and watched as the educators failed miserably. Not only were their conducting skills questionable, but the repertoire chosen for all of the ensembles was intensely inappropriate. The choir sang arrangements of pop songs by bands like Coldplay. The orchestra attempted to play Danse Macabre and nearly broke down completely at least three times. As a result, our child quit all music programs because they were not enjoyable. As a music educator, it cut me to the core, but I had to agree that it was not a valuable experience.<br /><br />The government's lack of support of arts education, whether at the federal, state or local level, is hideous. And it up-trickles to the tertiary level. <br /><br />It is no wonder that the arts are considered elitist in Australia, when it is undervalued in education, but also because of the lack of a true philanthropic system by which people of all ages can attend concerts at a fair price.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582938263430098739.post-27957223643949075412013-06-10T03:30:45.041-07:002013-06-10T03:30:45.041-07:00Very good blog on car rental phoenix sky harbor in...Very good blog on car rental phoenix sky harbor international.<br />Many helpful info here. 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The mess that Australian Education is in and quantifying and measuring of education are indicators that the claiming of it by high flying non-teaching academics and politicians has not worked. Teaching is hard work it is a craft that in the right hands can become an art and a lifetime resource to provoke the mind into curiosity and the willingness to learn at the smorgasbord of life. You cannot measure that. You cannot quantify it. Quantitative assessments always fail. Qualitative are better but subjective.There is a human being in there. This life is all that we have, we come from no where we go to nowhere. At least we should have the safest, happiest most fulfilling passage whilst we are here.<br />Blair EdgarAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582938263430098739.post-66156120613247085672013-05-15T09:27:00.649-07:002013-05-15T09:27:00.649-07:00Every time I hear about what is happening with edu...Every time I hear about what is happening with education back in Australia, the thought of placing my child into this type of system makes me feel more and more like never moving back home. While the German system isn't in the slightest bit perfect - as many would try to have us believe in Australia - they at least don't have this ridiculous system of "educational accounting" as the fundamental principle of excellence within education.<br /><br />It is unfortunate that the only person I see from overseas that regularly stands up to these politically inspired and flawed concepts seems to be Richard. Hopefully more people will speak out about this topic, irrelevant of their political affiliations.<br /><br />Graham Howard<br />English Teacher<br />Christian Albrecht's University in Kiel<br />howard@anglistik.uni-kiel.deAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582938263430098739.post-46690519029105895502013-05-15T05:15:42.840-07:002013-05-15T05:15:42.840-07:00The trauma that Naplan causes the underperforming ...The trauma that Naplan causes the underperforming child can be horrible. I have seen several students at high school cry at one sitting. The push on literacy and numeracy is important, sure, but limiting the arts is not the way. I have a diverse Year 12 Music class, from a lower economic area where students have a limited range of opportunities. The high achievers in Music in that class also have gained high grades for other subjects. The lower range achievers have taken Music in order to give them a reason to go to school. They are upset they can't do more than one subject as Music. I cannot emphasize enough how important the arts are for our students who struggle with school and other issues. Thank you Mr Gill, for supporting my opinion about these tests.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582938263430098739.post-8334372328260926082013-05-15T01:24:33.060-07:002013-05-15T01:24:33.060-07:00Bravo Mr. Gill,
I am visiting my native Queenslan...Bravo Mr. Gill,<br /><br />I am visiting my native Queensland right now after a 20+ year career in the Arts across the globe and I applaud your words of wisdom given to this country at will. It infuriates me that the current Premier up here believes that the Arts should just "be a hobby," and not something to take seriously. This deplorable naivete from government should result in removal from office because even if he doesn't value the Arts himself, he has no right to publicly undermine them. Particularly given that Australia produces more talent in the Arts per capita than anywhere else in the world.<br />In addition to Music, Dance is a powerful tool for education and while dance thrives in private dance schools (at the expense of parents), it still carries the ludicrous stigma of being 'sissy' while sports, which clearly breeds aggression and often an unhealthy understanding of competition, dominates the nations education programs. Education on the whole stinks in this country. The introduction of computers has left spelling, grammar, and reading for dead and allowed open range to scour the internet for whatever kids stumble across which often ain't pretty.<br /><br />Thank you for your article,<br /><br />Liam Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582938263430098739.post-55899414898816664192013-05-14T18:04:35.150-07:002013-05-14T18:04:35.150-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com