Can
you recite the Preamble to the U.S.
Constitution? If you are a certain age,
you probably learned the Preamble by
watching ABC-TV's School House Rock. A
generation learned math, grammar,
history and science from cartoon musical
videos.
School House Rock did more for literacy than a schoolyard full of unopened
textbooks. This method, often referred
to as superlearning, is being employed
successfully throughout the world as a
way to dramatically accelerate the
learning process and make it enjoyable.
We will summarize it on this page and
encourage you to integrate it with the
other resources on this site.
Music has the ability to synchronize the brain's left analytical hemisphere
with the right creative spatial hemisphere. When both hemispheres are engaged,
the brain is able receive more information. You can retrieve information quickly
because the music acts as a carrier wave to long-term memory storage.
According to Gordon Dryden and Dr. Jeannette Vos, authors of
The Learning Revolution:
"Music stimulates and awakens, reviving bored or sleepy learners and increasing
blood and oxygen flow to the brain.
- Music inspires emotion, creating a clear passage to long-term memory.
- Music is a stage-changer and can be used effectively to get students into an
effective learning state."
You should hear music playing from the
player in the lower right portion of the
webpage. This player works in much the
same way as any music software available
for computers today. To stop the music,
simply press the square shaped Stop
button. To skip forward and backwards in
the list of available music without
waiting for the current song to end, use
the buttons on the right and left with
double arrows on them. The bar across
the top of the player is the volume
slider, you can slide this from left
(quietest) to right (loudest).