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Campbell, Don. (2000). The Mozart Effect for Children: Awakening Your Child's Mind, Health, and Creativity with Music. New York: William Morrow.
274 pages. Campbell continues's to explore the extramusical properties of music and sound and the ways in which rhythm and tone can stimulate mental growth and spark creativity in children pre-birth to ten years. He provides an in-depth look at each stage of infant-child development and offers ways to use music at each level. He laces the book with relevant tidbits of Mozart's life, with spotlights on the ideas of major thinkers and educators, and with many examples of children's lives improved through music. While this book informs us on the powerful use of music, Campbell reminds us that music is often "simply beautiful, and that is more than enough." This publication coincides with the release of four new follow-up recordings in The Mozart Effect Music for Children, The Mozart Effect Music for Babies Series and Public Radio International's 4 new one-hour specials entitled "The Mozart Effect for Children--Is Music Fundamental?"
Jensen, Eric. (2000). Learning with the Body in Mind. San Diego, CA: The Brain Store.
120 pages. Jensen provides up-to-date information on the newest research which suggests that movement activities are integral to the learning process. He offers numerous practical strategies backed by clinical and classroom research for engaging learners at all ages and levels to increase intrinsic motivation, improve attitudes, strengthen memory and boost achievement.
Schank, Roger. (1997). Virtual Learning: A Revolutionary Approach to Building a Highly Skilled Workforce. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
185 pages. Roger Schank is director of Northwestern University's Institute for the Learning Sciences. Schank draws on his previous work in the area of artificial intelligence to lead the development of learning programs which take advantage of the virtual reality of computer simulations and role-playing scenarios. Although Virtual Learning is targeted at corporate training, his ideas and developments should be of interest to all educators. In his work, Schank is able to combine brilliant minds with rich and sophisticated resources to develop learning programs which must deliver results quickly and effectively. He shares the challenges and the strategies of developing "virtual learning" with several case histories and examples.
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