Publication: T&D
Publication Date: 01-MAR-04
Format: Online - approximately 963 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Author: Millbower, Lenn
Article Excerpt
Music is used as a learning tool primarily in one facet of life, childhood. When we were young, we learned many life lessons through nursery rhymes and children's tunes, demonstrating the powerful connection between learning and music. But as participants grow older, many trainers cast aside music, labeling it as silly or juvenile. That's a huge mistake given its teaching capacity. Language can communicate information; music can communicate emotion.
Numerous studies of adult learning conclude that music has a wide variety of effects on participants, depending on how it's used. For example, music played as participants enter a classroom warms the environment, making it comfortable and familiar. That results in a relaxing and receptive atmosphere for learning. Background music reduces on-the-job accidents, boosts worker production, creates a sense of privacy for small-group discussion, and makes people more likely to say what they're feeling.
The various styles of music, rhythm,...
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