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Kelso Music Centre moves in Sheridan College has granted approval for the Kelso Music Centre to use college facilities for their 1973 summer study session College president John M Porter told the board governors that part of the colleges function is to serve community groups such as Kelso He called the proposal excellent space use for a high quality The music group will be given a section of the School of Applied and liberal Studies for a period of three to four weoks from midJune until midJuly Now In its third year of operation the Kelso Music Centre a nonprofit organization provides indepth musical study for talented Canadian youth It emphasizes stringed Instruments In the performance of classical music The centre held Its first summer pilot session at the In the study session was staged at College Aa the centre was conceived In the Oakville area by people and members they were anxious to use as their base and looked to Sheridan as a possible site for their third training session The groups founder and an resident Mrs Louise Thompson along with Kelso representatives toured the college and agreed that Sheridan facilities would be perfect for their purposes The entire group comprising 33 students two four faculty members and their families and three administrative staff will live at the college fortheduratlonoftheaesslon In order to meet all their requirements Sheridan will also make available 38 practice rooms five office areas and the cafeteria Although Sheridan lacks standard dormitory space the college will provide the rooms while the Kelso group will supply the necessary furniture and services for sleeping arrangements Because the summer session operated as an intensive musical sharing experience said Mrs Thompson It is imperative that the group live practice and learn together A piano teacher and lifelong lover of good music Mrs Thompson has always been aware of the need for an establishment where promising young Canadian students could be given the instruction support and encouragement they needed to achieve the highest standards In the art of music When students drawn mainly from universities and secondary schools apply for the summer session they must undergo rigorous auditions with the Quartet From the many applications only 32 students aged to 27 are accepted During the threeweek training session students are taught performance practice rehearsal techniques and music polishing The schedule consists of private practice In the morning quartet sessions in the af ternoon and lessons in the evening The training culminates In a series of community concerts when students have the opportunity of performing for the general public However during their stay at Sheridan Mrs Thompson plans to increase the number of formal concerts fat order to create greater community awareness of the Kelso Music Centre work Painting and photography tour boards bus at Oakville Barry Smith member of the camera crew captures the welcome Sangria party on film More student control goal of experimentation The year at Sheridan has been a year of widespread experimentation with a variety of teaching techniques If there is one common goal underlying all of these new approaches it is the search for methods that will give the students greater control over thelr learning process If there Is a common charac teristic It is the recognition that the Instructor must take a more Informal position In the teachinglearning process perhaps the wellused label of consultant might apply here There are several assumptions involved but foremost Is the belief that the greater the control and One more time now Capturing Spain nV captured with and camera is I A pair a metal wings end wo off Spain for persons taking part in premier art lour arranged through the Continuing Education Division of Sheridan assemblage had the unique opportunity to render In paint or immortalize on film the historic Costa del Sol Spain iho eight day tour featured excursions to Seville and Cordoba This modest package Included hotel accommodation and a dally menu thai was guaranteed to please the most disagreeable palate Speaking of Jury prominent Burlington artist and exhibitor was on hand to assist burgeoning tulent and provide helpful criticism to the more advanced Photographer Doug on Instructor at Sheridans campus also accompanied the tour providing expert guidance in the proper use of the camera Any dormant or unrealized talent was sure to awaken In this wondrous setting that seems contrived for artistic Inspiration All the works will be evaluated by the same instructors back at the college Some of the painters and photographers assemble around the pool at the Hotel in Spam responsibility on the part of the student the greater the commitment and the greater the commitment the more effective and meaningful his or her learning will become Devising methods and systems of learning are no easy feat Stephen instructor of Sociology in the School of Applied and Liberal Studies division has spent two years learning about the principles of Systems stop teaching in the traditional way he finally began to devise his own modified approach Approximately ISO day and continuing Education students have almost completed his Introduction to Sociology course which is based entirely on audio- tutorial techniques Although It will take at least two more years of assessments and revisions to bring It to an ideal form Arvay claims great success has been achieved and that the majority of students have only positive things to say about it Basically u is a radical approach because there are no traditional classroom meetings or formal lec tures All of these formalities are taken care of with Arvay personal tapes and printouts and the student can listen to him and read whenever heshe feels like it in the specially designed liberal Arts Hall The students are responsible for units of work and although there are deadlines It Is now possible for the energetic students as individuals or groups to work ahead and complete the course out So what does the Instructor do now that he has no formal teaching duties He still teaches and is Just as actively involved In fact be becomes even more crucial in the learning process than ever before All of his time is spent in informal discussions with individual students or small groups on whatever problems they may be having at any given tune In the course the only way the instructor can guarantee Individualization throughout the year Stephen Arvay has been so impressed by this year results that two more coursesAnthropology and the Sociology of Criminalitywill be prepared audwtutorially in time for next year a students in both the regular and continuing education p