EX A MI NI NG MU SI C LEA R NI NG EX P ER I ENC ES
T H O U G H T S
C HUA S I E W LI NG
Do our students experience a sense of
flow during music lessons? We are not just
talking about balancing challenge and ability
in the sense that Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
defined flow, but rather, a sense of the
presence of music in their mind, body and
soul. Such an experience will trigger in our
students an intrinsic motivation and a kind
of positive energy or life force. As teachers,
we can consider how the experience of
music in the classroom has touched our
students aesthetically and spiritually,
something beyond musical understandings
and expression. Creating such aesthetic or
musical flow experiences in our students
will create precious moments that touch our
students deeply.
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