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Sugata Mitra (a professor of educational technology at Newcastle University) is best known for his “Hole in the Wall” experiments. In a series of studies beginning in 1999, he was able to demonstrate that children are capable learners even in the absence of teachers and schools. Given an environment that stimulates curiosity and peer interest, […]
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“I’m all ears…” you might say, whereas somebody else could already be “turning a deaf ear.” You “prick up your ears” in anticipation. And someone “lending an ear” is listening carefully. Our language has endless terms for hearing, often ones we use figuratively. Putting “a bug in your ear” fortunately has nothing to do with […]
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Have you ever been around a group of kids, and instead of looking at each other or talking, they’re staring at their phones? It’s as if they don’t know how to communicate anymore. Texting has become their primary form of communication. A recent study by the Pew Research Center confirms this observation. According to the […]
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My last article was about the importance of outdoor play and the consequences of not getting enough time outdoors. Most kids nowadays spend less than an hour a day outside – the lowest of any generation. Their parents spent about two-and-a-half more hours outside when they were kids. I’ve listed a large number of benefits […]
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I’ve always been a nature lover. My best childhood memories are of roaming the forests with friends, building forts and tree houses and spending up to 12 hours a day (!) under the open sky. I scuba dived with sharks, skied glaciers and went sky-diving. Nothing gets me more excited than the sense of adventure […]
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When a public elementary school in New York City decided to stop giving it’s students homework, it raised a major uproar amongst parents and made headlines in newspapers across the country. In a letter to the parents, its Principal Jane Hsu, explained the school’s decision. She wrote: “the topic of homework has received a lot […]
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In recent years, Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) comes up in more and more conversations I’m having with the parents of Modern Music School students. Considering the jump in the percentage of young people diagnosed with ADHD, this shouldn’t be too surprising. The Centers for Disease Control reports that it went from 7.8 percent […]
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Tony Robbins’ strategies for success and happiness have impacted my life in many ways over the years, and have taught me a lot about perseverance, determination and success. Just recently I revisited some of his principles, namely the “The Ultimate Success Formula – 5 keys to getting anything you want in life”, and realized how […]
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We all have different learning styles and we all have different strengths. Last week, during group lessons, we saw a great example of that in action at one of our schools in Germany. Marie – one of our teachers – wanted to introduce a new song to her guitar group. She asked everyone to put […]
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“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” – Henry Adams This post is the third and last part of our mini-series about “Learning Mindsets”. We’ve already written about the “growth” and “fixed” mindsets here and about the capacity of our brains to always keep growing (and making us smarter) here. […]
My goal is to bring happiness to you and your child's life.
In times where anxiety and stress levels among children and youth are at an all-time high, I make it my mission to create a space for children to grow up as happy, emotionally-resilient and creative individuals.
With real connections, friendship and play being replaced by television, tablets and iPhones, I provide children with opportunities to connect with peers, to form real friendships and to grow up as socially competent, responsible human beings.
Hans-Peter Becker, once a professional drummer, now educator, author and entrepreneur, made it his mission to connect the world with music – and he’s succeeding. He is the founder of the Modern Music School, which is one of the largest music schools in the world. In its more than 80 international branches, Modern Music School has taught more than 100,000 musicians in Germany, US and Greece since 1987.
