2.3 Breaking Boundaries
Music consistently surrounds our lives and may potentially assist educators in removing boundaries between the
various communities that students belong to (Nagy & Herman, 1987). Extending their work, Medina (1990)
suggests it may be beneficial to attempt methods that more closely resemble life outside of the institutional
classroom, which is generally filled with music, songs, stories and visual images. Because students learn a great
deal of language before school age and outside of the institution once school has begun, it is potentially
justifiable to consider non-traditional teaching methods that are less structured and ritualised.