Cooperative Learning in Elementary Music | Mandy Algate
In This Conversation….
00:00 - Mandy Algate!
01:24 - What is cooperative learning?
03:43 - How Mandy got interested in cooperative learning
06:08 - How Mandy started incorporating cooperative structures
08:43 - What are the Kagan structures?
09:13 - “Quiz Quiz Trade” with “Ickle Ockle”
13:13 - “Early in the Morning” for upper elementary
16:36 - Cooperative, not competitive
19:09 - Facilitating mixed skill levels and adapting for different grades
29:21 - Late practice activities
37:53 - Quick response questions about cooperative learning
45:15 - Final thoughts
47:19 - Connecting with Mandy, Kodaly levels
About Mandy
Mandy is a Kodály-inspired music educator who believes in joyful, interactive, and sequential music teaching and learning. Algate holds a Master of Music degree in music education with Kodály emphasis from Texas Tech University, and Kodály certification from Portland State University. Algate teaches PreK-5th grade music in Lubbock, Texas, teaches on the staff of the West Texas Children's Chorus, and is a Kodály Musicianship instructor for the online conservatory of the National Children's Chorus. Algate was a founding board member of Kodály Educators of West Texas, a chapter of OAKE, and teaches pedagogy for the West Texas Kodály Initiative Levels program. It is her goal to engage all learners in an engaging and individualized music experience which leads to a lifetime of musical enjoyment.
Connect with Mandy
Email - mandy.algate.music@gmail.com
