Sounding the Teaching | Page 10

SO UN D I N G T H E T E A CH IN G 1 Overheard Prelude Thoughts from conversations during the learning journey at the start of the critical inquiry: All human beings can compose and all children are composers. WONG YANG HUI OUR VISION FOR OUR STUDENTS There is a difference between envisioning our students as a percussion player, a musician or a sound creator. NG ENG KEE I need to be sensitive to nurture the precious imagination of the young and encourage a curiosity for exploration. 8 I really like the idea that “humans make things musical”. And as long as we always empower our students to be creators and music makers, tools will always serve as music instruments in the hands of a musician. XIE ZHIZHONG 9 IRENE CHAN