Rhythms of Learning: Creative Tools for Developing Lifelong Skills - Softcover

Brewer, Chris; Campbell, Don G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0913705594 ISBN 13: 9780913705599

Publisher: Zephyr Press, 1991

Synopsis

Tune into how your students learn! Promote a learning environment that is non-stressful and focused by using music to help learners synchronize their brains and bodies. Specific activities for teachers precede and complement the student activities. Learn how to discover the best learning modes of your students, develop emotional intelligence by exploring personal rhythms, use music, art, movement, and drama to promote optimal learning states, use effective rhythms of presentation in your teaching, and use the methods of Lozanov and Tomatis and the techniques of accelerated learning.

About this title

About the Author

Chris Brewer is an author, musician, and trainer with 20 years' experience in teaching. She is Senior Faculty for Cambridge College's National Institute for Teaching Excellence and teaches in a variety of other educational programs. Chris developed an arts integration training program for The Center for Creative Education in Palm Beach County with 350 teachers and 50 artists. Chris is currently co-director of the Institute for Accelerated Learning, Teaching and Research. Don Campbell is the author of nine books, including the best-selling The Mozart Effect. He was appointed to the Guggenheim Project, which integrates accelerated learning and innovative curriculum into urban schools in Chicago and Washington, D.C. A featured presenter at both the United Nations Peace through Education Conference and the International Conference on Healing with Music, he has also appeared on the Today Show and other national television and public radio programs. He resides in Boulder, Colorado.

Edition details

• Publisher: Zephyr Press
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0913705594
• ISBN 13: 9780913705599
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320