October 2026

MEMORABLE MUSIC, 3RD ANNIVERSARY EDITION: FORGET ALL YOUR CARES WITH CANH THÂN’S “COME WITH ME TO DISTANT SKIES”

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Canh Thân is three years old! I started this blog three years ago, and I’ve decided it is now high time I pay tribute to the musician Canh Thân. Canh Thân was a famous musician in the 1940s, and his stage name is based on his birth year according to the East Asian lunar calendar. […]

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TEACHER’S GUIDES: AN INTRODUCTION

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I think of teaching at the college level as part curriculum development and part pedagogy. Curriculum is what you teach, and pedagogy is how you teach. For me, curriculum development includes designing syllabi, locating reading materials, and composing lectures, while pedagogy covers lesson planning, leading class discussion, and designing assignments, exams, and other forms of

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