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Entry #37:  Music in Our Learning Community

4/4/2022

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As students enter my classroom each day to study International Business Law and Sustainability, I play music.   Music helps me as a teacher in several ways.  It promotes informal conversation, creates a shared experience, and sets a mood for the day.   It may even tie into the content of the day’s readings and discussion.  This daily practice is one of many tools I use to facilitate a welcoming and cohesive learning community.

Before I start the music, those who are already in the classroom are usually silent.  At best, there may be some hushed conversation.  When the music begins, the room starts to buzz with conversation.  Hurray!  That means my students have an opportunity to get know each other.  

In my class of forty students, I rely heavily on discussion.  Discussion helps students process their readings, my presentations, and words of guest speakers.  It also helps me gauge their learning before we get to exam days.    When students converse with each other informally before class, they are more comfortable speaking in small and large groups during class.   Familiarity prompts students to respect and listen to each other during class.  




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    Paulette L. Stenzel

     I am Professor Emerita of International Business Law and Sustainability at Michigan State University (MSU). I continue  to teach part time at MSU and  coordinate the Broad College Ethical Leadership program Additionally, I advise Spartan Global Development Fund - a student-driven microfinance organization and serve on its non-profit 501(c)(3) Board of Directors.  . 

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    I am also  a mom,  learner, writer,  violinist, environmentalist -in -process, traveler, and avid reader.  
      
    ​Through research, service, and public speaking, I share information and perspectives  on teaching, ethical leadership, and the pursuit of more sustainable ways of living and doing business. 


    Photo above:  Francisco Vinega, Jade Artist,  Guatemala, with Paulette Stenzel.  
    Contact me at stenzel@msu.edu.

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