Brainball: Teaching Inquiry Music as a Team Sport

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Inquiry is becoming more and more an area of interest in education. This book attempts to explain why music inquiry makes sense, what pieces are required to do music inquiry effectively (the knowledge, skills and dispositions) and then provides how to teach music inquiry in a series of day-by-day lesson plans.

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Brainball (ME)is more than a gameit reimagines the music classroom experience. Kolis, Kolis and Olson draw connections between athletics and music, where teachers (coaches) facilitate experiences that awaken a thirst for learning from all students, instead of a select few. Packed with resources and sample lesson plans, this book will change the way you teach. If it doesnt, then youre not playing the game. Are you ready -- Sam Grace, artistic director MPLS (imPulse), Minneapolis, MN; director of Worship and Music, St. Johns Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN
Music and sports are different ways in which young people learn about themselves and the world. They are unique within themselves, but hold many common ideas. This book, Brainball, exemplifies what excellent and creative teaching and learning looks like taking the best from both areas. This book examines how students learn best, and explores how individual learning combined with small communities of learners results in a much richer learning experience for everyone. The book contains wonderful model lessons from a master teacher to help readers implement many innovative ideas into their own classrooms. If you enjoy the journey of teaching and learning, you will love this book! -- Gary Wolfman, Teacher of the Year, Appleton WI Public Schools; Conductor, Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies (GTCYS); Past President, Music Educator's North Central Division; Past President, Wisconsin Music Educators Association
Sarah and Mickeys stories from the classroom ground the book in the realities of the classroom. They remind us that teaching and learning are social phenomenon that treats the process of both as an intellectual phenomenon of shared work. The lesson plan examples are excellent models of ways to actively engage students in musical behaviors, behaviors that are coached and changed within a learning-focused team. -- Vanissa Murphy, PhD, former chair of the Department of Music and Art, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire

Author Bio

Mickey Kolis is the author of six books and a veteran public school teacher; he is currently a university professor. Making learning relevant is his highest professional aspiration. Sarah Olson grew up in Appleton, Wisconsin and attended the University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire. She currently teaches choir at Delong Middle School and serves as the schools behavior interventionist. Benjamin H. Kolis is an actor and theater devisor in Minneapolis, Minnesota.