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Educating future generations through Canadian songwriters and their music

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A fun and educational method of teaching and engaging students

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Mixing music with education is a highly effective method of teaching, as students grasp learning material quicker and retain it for a longer period of time when it is presented with music

“Music is a more potent instrument than any other for education." - Plato

This is an education resource tool for teachers to make use of Canadian music in your lesson plans; not only toward your efforts in music education, but for use with other core subjects and methods of educating. With a focus on students in Grades Seven to Ten, EducatingThroughMusic features licensed Canadian music and video content, photos, essays/articles, biographies, contextual history, lesson plans and curriculum correlations.

EducatingThroughMusic features lesson plans for core subject areas: Canadian History, Geography, Social Studies, Language Arts, Music Business, Musical Arts and Technology. Each of the lesson plans includes a wealth of video, audio and document resources to supplement the lesson plan.

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2015/08/10
Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame Inducts “When My Baby Smiles at Me” and “Vivre en amour”
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2015/06/01
Acclaimed singer-songwriter Justin Rutledge pays tribute to Valdy’s hit song as part of CSHF and CBC/Radio-Canada’s ‘Covered Classics’ series
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2014/09/23
Canada’s Songs Bring Heritage to Life with New Online Education Program from Magic Lantern Media Inc. in collaboration with the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame
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2014/09/08
Magic Lantern Media Adds BBC Titles to its Canadian Distribution Catalogue
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2014/08/12
Canadian Songwriters Hall Of Fame introduces online presence
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BENEFITS OF MUSIC IN EDUCATION

Music plays various roles in a student’s life and there are many benefits of using music in education. Such benefits include; training the brain and skill development, longer retention of information, making learning fun, developing a sense of identity and abstract reasoning.

Training the Brain and Skill Development Music trains the brain for higher forms of thinking. Teaching and learning with and through music has been proven to help students to think creatively, and to solve problems by imagining various solutions and rejecting outdated rules and assumptions (Wilcox, 1999). In addition, the creative process of analyzing and interpreting song lyrics helps students develop essential research, writing, critical thinking and media literacy skills. Music moves the brain to pay attention (Chris Chafe, PhD, the Duca Family Professor of Music at Stanford).

Longer Retention of Information Students are engaged by music and they will retain information presented in song long after the images and words in textbooks have dissolved from their memory (Weikart, 1998).

Music Makes Learning Fun No other group in our society consumes as much music as students – it is a part of nearly every aspect of their lives; from waking up to a musical alarm, listening to their iPod on their way home from school, to playing a videogame before bedtime. They truly enjoy listening to music; and so, it makes sense to use this art form to enhance their learning.

Developing a Sense of Identity Students identify with the lyrics and contexts of music, and they often conceive and express their individuality or group affiliations through music. Many Canadian songwriters and performers capture Canada’s cultural and place identity in their music. Connecting students to Canadian artists and music helps to build and strengthen students’ identification with, and sense of belonging to, Canada and Canadian culture.

Abstract Reasoning Music training is far superior to computer instruction in dramatically enhancing students’ abstract reasoning skills necessary for learning math and science (Dr. Frances Rauscher at the University of Wisconsin).