Alex Adams: Educator
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Curriculum Vitae Reflections on Teaching
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Alex Adams: Educator
Curriculum VitaeReflections on Teaching

Reflections On Teaching

These are reflections on my time as a teacher, usually written as contemporaneous notes-to-self. They serve to chronicle my thinking and offer some insight to folks who are interested in the kinds of approaches to teaching that I use and what forms my perspective as a music educator.

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A Choir in a Single Voice
Alexander AdamsAugust 24, 2023
What are we doing here, Anyway?
Alexander AdamsAugust 17, 2023
Gauge Blocks, Phoropters, and Philosophy for Educators
Alexander AdamsJune 16, 2023
Why I Wear Stupid Sweatshirts
Alexander AdamsAugust 11, 2022
The problem is coming from inside the house.
The problem is coming from inside the house.
Alexander AdamsJune 15, 2022
How do we end the things we love?
How do we end the things we love?
Alexander AdamsJune 15, 2022
Hey is that a drum set?
Alexander AdamsJune 12, 2022
A Collection Of Insights
Alexander AdamsDecember 25, 2021
Daylight Savings Time
Alexander AdamsNovember 14, 2021
Music and its connections.
Alexander AdamsNovember 13, 2021
Why Music Education?
Alexander AdamsNovember 4, 2021
Unconditional Acceptance
Education, MindfulnessAlexander AdamsSeptember 20, 2021acceptance, relationships
Guardrails on failure, Open highway on success.
Guardrails on failure, Open highway on success.
Alexander AdamsSeptember 13, 2021
Hit the Doorframe
Hit the Doorframe
Education, Mindfulness, Embodied CognitionAlexander AdamsSeptember 6, 2021composition, growth, development
Competition
Competition
EducationAlexander AdamsAugust 30, 2021competition, intent
Two notes on the power of recording
Two notes on the power of recording

Two short notes on how recording as part of the creative process opens up new opportunities for musical thinking.

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Alexander AdamsAugust 23, 2021
Reflection In Vs Reflection On
Reflection In Vs Reflection On
Education, Composition, Constructivist TeachingAlexander AdamsAugust 15, 2021composition, Recording, Pop/Rock Music, Constructivist Teaching
 I’m here in until the bell
I’m here in until the bell
EducationAlexander AdamsAugust 14, 2021Drum Club, Relationships, Student Directed
 Make it mean something!
Make it mean something!
Education, Constructivist TeachingAlexander AdamsAugust 13, 2021Constructivist Teaching, Pop Music, Rock Band, Discussion
What is a Cat? What is a feeling?
What is a Cat? What is a feeling?
Education, Embodied CognitionAlexander AdamsAugust 12, 2021Composition, Embodied Cognition, Feeling
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Alexander Adams
Phone: 207-653- 0142 E-Mail: amadam32@asu.edu

 Portrait Illustration Credit: Molly Steinmetz