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Exploring learning styles: developing a flexible teaching approach: reflections on Pedagogy Saturday VI.

American Music Teacher

| October 01, 2002 | Rischin, Rebecca | COPYRIGHT 2002 Music Teachers National Association, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

If only one size did fit all.... If only teaching were as easy as one plus one equals two--a mathematical problem with a single solution. But teaching involves people, not numbers, and while numbers can be plugged into formulae to yield predictable equations, people cannot. They are not perfect squares; they come in many shapes and sizes; they act and react in such a way that similar problems must frequently be approached from different angles. It makes sense, then, that teaching should be as variable as the people it involves. Clearly, one size does not fit all, and teachers should try to mold their methods to fit their students instead of trying to mold their students to ...

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