Crescendo Transition: Piano |
Crescendo Transition: Piano is for all first-year students and is taken during the Fall of their first year at Crescendo College. This course is meant to help students with the transition from high school to college and introduce students to the liberal arts education ideas so students are actively tying what they are learning in their courses with one another (personal significance and social relevance).
Through this course students are paired with a peer mentor (who will also be assisting students with weekly supervised practice). Research has shown the peer mentoring can create positive changes in students such as interpersonal relations, attitudes and motivation. Through their mentor, students gain a early connection to the university which enhances their sense of community. When a student has heightened sense of community, they experience less loneliness and worry, higher self-perceptions of happiness and enjoyment in life, and coping ability, as well as greater scholastic competence, social acceptance and global self-worth and sociability. |
Suzuki Workshop & Common ReadingAs part of Crescendo Transition: Piano, all students will receive training in "Every Child Can". Every Child Can!© (ECC) is an introduction to Dr. Suzuki’s philosophy and its application to Suzuki education. For parents, teachers, prospective teachers and others, this course provides an inspiring, in-depth look at the Suzuki approach to teaching and learning. More information on the course can be found on the Suzuki Association of the Americas' website: http://suzukiassociation.org/teachers/guides/ecc/
Common Reading: Nurtured by Love: The Classic Approach to Talent Education by Shin'ichi Suzuki -This book is the cornerstone upon which to build any Suzuki-oriented library. In it the author presents the philosophy and principles of Suzuki's teaching methods. Through the examples from his own life and teaching, Suzuki establishes his case for early childhood education and the high potential of every human being, not just those seemingly gifted. Written by Shinichi Suzuki, translated by Waltraud Suzuk -This Common Reading gives a level playing field for all first year students and provides discussion points that are encouraged to be discussed in and outside the classroom. All first-year students read this book which means that every student at Crescendo has read this and can discuss important aspects of the book with others. |
Important Assignments
depressive disorders that significantly impaired their function in the past 30 days. By implementing this idea, students are screened for depression and mental health disorders (upon consent) so that if there are underlying issues that have no been diagnosed, students can be helped
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- Book description from: www.amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/Nurtured-Love-Classic-Approach-Education/dp/0848817672/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1354422344&sr=1-1&keywords=suzuki+book