Every teacher a researcher

I became a teacher so that I could learn more about children’s learning. As a researcher, I wanted to understand, more deeply, children’s learning. So what better place to do that than immersed in classroom life, surrounded by little learners all eager to absorb whatever the world around them is able to offer?

While teaching across key stage 2, I undertook my first Master’s degree exploring how the choice of music played within the classroom can have a profound impact on children’s mindset, mental state, attention, focus and yes their progress and attainment. Music, as something that can generate such a huge impact on learning, is severely underused. Carefully chosen repertoire should be as much part of every classroom as display and resources (if you’d like to know more about my findings, do send me an email).