Canonic Conundrums Revisited
One of the things I enjoy about the Learning by Design process and philosophy is its openness to the designers/educators returning to previously started, developed, or even taught learning elements for revision, new experiences, and re-teaching of the concepts. As most teachers are, I am definitely a reflective practitioner who is constantly evaluating my teaching and planning in an attempt to learn from my previous experiences in an effort to be a more effective educator the next time. So, I have decided to a return to my very first attempt at the Learning by Design process and pick up where I left off with a learning element entitled Canonic Conundrums. While I taught various aspects of this learning element two years ago, I plan on revamping the entire unit and teaching it to a non-auditioned women’s ensemble that I will be leading this school year. In my LbD experience, I actually abandoned my first work with this learning element to devote my time in developing and teaching two subsequent elements regarding Multi-cultural Music and Choral Settings of Shakespeare lyric. So, as I pick up Canon Conundrums again, I find that my earlier work is quite “archaic”, especially considering I now understand the LbD process a great deal more, have developed confidence with the process through experience, and feel more comfortable with CG Learner. The link you find below is the current state of Canonic Conundrums, the result of a few initials additions and changes to my first draft over a year ago. I look forward to revising this learning element and presenting it at the end of this course in a more impressive, effective, and teachable form. As always, I welcome any comments or questions.
Canonic Conundrums: The Learning Element
