ERIC Number: EJ1151732
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Oct
Pages: 3
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ISSN: ISSN-1048-3713
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"You Get What You Get"? Learner Agency in the Early Childhood Music Classroom
Koops, Lisa Huisman
General Music Today, v31 n1 p44-46 Oct 2017
In this article, I suggest that providing opportunities for agency (student choice or control) in the early childhood classroom could enhance student learning. One important way that young children demonstrate agency is through expressing color preference. I encourage teachers to look for opportunities to give children choices and control in the classroom, including selecting colors of classroom props or leading a conducting activity.
Descriptors: Student Participation, Decision Making, Locus of Control, Early Childhood Education, Color, Preferences, Infants, Toddlers, Young Children, Museums
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ohio
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