Improve Your Teaching! is a must have handbook for all instrumental and singing teachers. Packed full of comprehensive advice and practical strategies, it offers creative yet accessible solutions to the challenges faced in music education. It outlines Paul Harris's innovative strategy of 'Simultaneous Learning': a method that encourages the development of musical insight by making connections between all aspects of musicianship and discusses topics including lesson preparation, aural and memory work, effective practice, improvisation and composition, sight-reading and group teaching. Cleverly fusing established teaching techniques with fresh and exciting ideas Improve Your Teaching! represents a modern and holistic approach to musical instruction.
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Making lessons fun by stimulating the creative and imaginative right brain in lessons and in practice is central to Harris s method. Aural work, memory and improvisation activities are approached with the book closed and the teacher is encouraged to use metaphorical and imaginative language to inspire learning. A section on removing the initial psychological barrier to practising is particularly interesting. This leads neatly into setting right-brain musical tasks away from the book and helps to alleviate performance anxiety.....the chapter on group teaching has a fabulous game to teach the behavioural concepts of ensemble playing. --Stringendo, October 2010
This is an absolutely brilliant book! Give me some roof-tops so I can shout from them! Written in a friendly avuncular style in easy-to-read language, the book teems with ideas and solutions for all aspects of instrumental teaching. It is no exaggeration to say that every page contains several useful ideas that will be welcomed by any instrumental or vocal teacher.....This book should be in every teacher s brief case (not on their book shelf); it should be on the CT ABRSM reading list (if not there already); at the very least it should be in the library of every instrumental music service in the country. --European String Teachers Association Newsletter, Winter 2006
This is an absolutely brilliant book! Give me some roof-tops so I can shout from them! Written in a friendly avuncular style in easy-to-read language, the book teems with ideas and solutions for all aspects of instrumental teaching. It is no exaggeration to say that every page contains several useful ideas that will be welcomed by any instrumental or vocal teacher.....This book should be in every teacher s brief case (not on their book shelf); it should be on the CT ABRSM reading list (if not there already); at the very least it should be in the library of every instrumental music service in the country. --European String Teachers Association Newsletter, Winter 2006
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Paul Harris has established an international reputation as one of the UK's leading educationalists. As composer and writer he has over six hundred publications to his name, and is in great demand as a workshop leader and adjudicator around the world.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By V. Thompson
Format:Paperback
Most intstrument/vocal teachers copy the way they were taught, bar a few points they really didn't like. That's it. That's how most instrumental vocal teachers learn to teach. I always knew I wanted my lessons to be more relevant for my students but it can be difficult to do something different if you're not entirely sure how or think you might be the only one doing it. Harris puts into words a lot of the things I've wanted to do but not quite had the confidence to do.
Based on sound reasearch with some genius ideas, the book discusses: flaws in our (my) current teaching methods, how we learn, teaching students to play expressively, effective group lessons, motivating and inspiring students, making exam work relevant and developmentally useful, aural and sight reading work, effective practice and the big one for me - composition and improvisation.
Full of good ideas that seem obvious once you've read them. Implementing them one by one and lessons begin to feel much richer learning experiences.
I also reccomend Harris's 'Improve Your Aural' book/cd packages (grades 1-5) and Sally Adam's (who works a lot with Harris) 'Flute Basics' for beginner flautists. All three books are brilliant teaching aids.
Based on sound reasearch with some genius ideas, the book discusses: flaws in our (my) current teaching methods, how we learn, teaching students to play expressively, effective group lessons, motivating and inspiring students, making exam work relevant and developmentally useful, aural and sight reading work, effective practice and the big one for me - composition and improvisation.
Full of good ideas that seem obvious once you've read them. Implementing them one by one and lessons begin to feel much richer learning experiences.
I also reccomend Harris's 'Improve Your Aural' book/cd packages (grades 1-5) and Sally Adam's (who works a lot with Harris) 'Flute Basics' for beginner flautists. All three books are brilliant teaching aids.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've really enjoyed reading this book. It's written in a straight forward and encouraging style and is easy to dip in and out of.
Up until now I have been doing a lot of what the book terms "bar one" teaching where you get the pupils to play something and then stop them and correct what they do wrong. I do some work on scales, aural and rhythm, but I've pretty much been teaching in the same way as I was taught.
This book introduces the concept of Simultanous Learning where you connect all the elements and teach through "The Ingredients". So you do a bit of work and improvisation on the scale, pulse, rythmic patterns, markings and mood of a new piece and ensure that all of the elements are in place before you open the book with the piece in it. Then when the pupils see the piece they understand it and are able to play it accurately the first time. The beauty of this method being that it's thorough and you never have to say no.
On first reading I found it quite a daunting challenge as the concept is so different from what I am used to doing, however just in the last week I've started to introduce a few of the elements a bit at a time and feel that lessons are already more fun, productive, positive and engaging.
If you're a music teacher, you need to buy this book, you won't regret it.
Up until now I have been doing a lot of what the book terms "bar one" teaching where you get the pupils to play something and then stop them and correct what they do wrong. I do some work on scales, aural and rhythm, but I've pretty much been teaching in the same way as I was taught.
This book introduces the concept of Simultanous Learning where you connect all the elements and teach through "The Ingredients". So you do a bit of work and improvisation on the scale, pulse, rythmic patterns, markings and mood of a new piece and ensure that all of the elements are in place before you open the book with the piece in it. Then when the pupils see the piece they understand it and are able to play it accurately the first time. The beauty of this method being that it's thorough and you never have to say no.
On first reading I found it quite a daunting challenge as the concept is so different from what I am used to doing, however just in the last week I've started to introduce a few of the elements a bit at a time and feel that lessons are already more fun, productive, positive and engaging.
If you're a music teacher, you need to buy this book, you won't regret it.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I think this book is a great investment for any instrumental teacher. Loads of ideas to use in your lessons. Well worth buying.
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Life-changing!
I've been teaching my church choir for nearly 20 years now - largely based on trial and error, and the bits I remember enjoying as a youngster jus starting out in singing. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Tubachick
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Must buy for teachers!
If you are keen to improve your teaching and keep up to date with current thinking do buy this book - it will keep you refreshed!
Published 2 months ago by Ms. Julia Middleton
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Another Essential Book!!!
Paul Harris does it again. So many of these type of books are dry to read and so turn you off reading them. But not this book. Read more
Published 3 months ago by M WEBB
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Worth a read
Good ideas and explained well. But much of it is not really very helpful for contemporary vocal coaches like it says it is.
Published 5 months ago by B. Tysall
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A magnificent and inspiring book for any music teacher!
This book pinpoints all things about good teaching and gives you new angles on how you can improve your teaching and develop together with your students. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Veronica Setterhall
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Not the real world
I hated this book! It was a condescending lecture from an `expert' who knows better than the struggling instrumental teacher who has all but lost the will to live, fighting against... Read more
Published on 13 Oct 2010 by Hamster
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