Music Transforms the College English Classroom
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As Howard Gardner suggests, “Very worthwhile. The next step is to figure out why you got the effects that you did. Is music motivational? Does it activate other brain centers? Does it have some kind of intrinsic link to linguistic capacities? Would the effect work the other way around, or with other materials (2004 email)?”
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In 2004, statistical results of my case study research suggest that pairing music and linguistic intelligences in the college classroom improves students’ grades and abilities to compose theses statements for research papers in courses that emphasize reading and writing skills (DiEdwardo 2004). Grounded in educational theories as well as offering practical applications, pairing two intelligences advances student potential. Based on Multiple Intelligence Theory or MI Theory (Gardner 1993) and participation as precedent to learning (Bateson 1975), pairing music with linguistic activities suggests that integrating music into college linguistic classrooms and virtual classrooms enables students to learn to read and write. Listening to instrumental music as well as songs with lyrics before and during lectures, presentations, and virtual lecture asynchronous lessons offers practical solutions to teachers.
About the Author
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Maryann Pasda DiEdwardo, Ed.D., is a writer, poet, playwright, lecturer, artist in residence for Pasda Studios, and adjunct professor for Lehigh University.
MaryAnn has been participating in and promoting fine arts education since 1968 when she was invited to participate in the Governor's School of Pennsylvania. Lecturer on art and writing in the State of Pennsylvania, and the recipient of the Northampton Community College Project Aware Outstanding Service Award 1978, she is also a member of Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education, Modern Language Association, and the National Museum for Women in the Fine Arts. Dr. DiEdwardo received her Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts from Pennsylvania State University in 1975. A summa cum laude graduate and winner of the Carnegie Scholarship, she was Graduation Marshall for College of Arts and Architecture, President of Mortar Board, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi. Subsequently, MaryAnn received her Master of Arts in English from Lehigh University in 1980 with an emphasis on Shakespearean Studies where she was a member of Sigma Tau Delta and instructor. MaryAnn's research interests include literacy, multicultural education, curriculum design, and writing process. She received her Doctorate of Education in 2004. |