How a major research university is playing a role in Sistema internationally
This is where we flew
ISME Sistema in Porto Alegre – the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
ISME 2014 and the Sistema Special Interest Group have both drawn to their conclusion in Porto Alegre. Here, for your reading enjoyment, are the relative highlights. And the lowlights.
Acarigua – The Legend Continues
This was not the same orchestra. There was a technical and musical assurance, a mental flexibility, a level of intellectual discipline that was evident in every measure they played.
Sistema in the crossfire
The least comfortable seat is the one on the fence, but that’s where the Fundación needs to be right now.
Defying the Evil Empire
Teachers, like publishers, are gatekeepers. Both entities make difficult choices in terms of what content to present, in terms of what perspectives to privilege. But unlike publishers, teachers do not make these choices based on profitability.
The (Musical) Monster Awakes
It has been incredibly gratifying to watch her musical awakening, how music and sound have become a source of genuine pleasure and joy.
Race to the Top – part 2
Our prejudices manifest in how we engage with children based on their race and gender, but also on their attractiveness, their weight, how extroverted they may be, and how talented they are perceived to be
Race to the top
A look at issues of ethnicity within Sistema, inside and outside of Venezuela
Making the Grade – an Epilogue
There's the confidence that deceives, and the confidence that supports, and a fine line between.
Making the grade
How we choose to be evaluated may reveal as much, if not more, than any test ever could.
Jonathan Andrew Govias 