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Direct linkNyland, Berenice; Ferris, Jill; Dunn, Lesley – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2008
This paper explores ideas of language as a cognitive tool and the role of gesture in expressing children's interests and levels of knowledge. The context is a group of three-year-old children who participate in a weekly music session with a trained musician. The authors present drawings from photographs of children's hands and interpret them,…
Descriptors: Symbolic Language, Knowledge Level, Childhood Interests, Musicians
Ester, Don P.; Scheib, John W.; Inks, Kimberly J. – Music Educators Journal, 2006
The fundamental goal of music-literacy instruction is to connect sound to symbol. An essential aspect of this process is audiation. Literate musicians make accurate matches between what they audiate and what they visualize. They establish this link by interacting with the symbolic language of music in both directions: translating notation into…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Musicians, Learning Theories, Music Education
