Dr. Hedge said that without efforts to teach sound ergonomic practices, the problem would only get worse as computer use increased in the schools.
Though he failed to meet the man he calls his hero, Remmerswaal remains undeterred; he'll be headed back to Omaha for the Berkshire shareholder meeting in May, hoping to convince Buffett to partner with him and Oprah Winfrey (also not yet attached) to teach sound financial skills to the youth of the world.
In an era when swing coaches like Butch Harmon have become household names, some will question why McIlroy's has stuck with the "unknown" Michael Bannon, who has guided him since he was boy – as if celebrity has any bearing on a man's ability to teach sound swing mechanics.
Like others, he insists that a social focus in business schools is not only a matter of ethics but also a matter of teaching sound business.
So if a university says it is excellent at teaching media and pioneering that in the way it teaches sound engineering, the reviewers will want to speak to members of that department and their students.
From children strumming on cardboard guitars to observing what happens when a paper plate of rice is placed on top of a loud speaker, teaching sound lends itself to a wide range of fun classroom activities.
"I even had somebody say to me: 'You don't want to be worrying about EQ-ing a snare drum.' In actual fact, I have a science degree in audio technology and acoustics so EQ-ing a snare drum is what I am qualified to do!'" Cooly G, too, taught sound engineering and held music production and DJ workshops for disaffected teens.
"Stories saying that teachers are facing feral youth in the classroom, that they don't have enough control – or stories saying they're whingers if they're raising issues - those debates actively make teaching sound unattractive," says Ryan. Teaching has historically been associated with high workloads, adds Howson, but there is a sense that things have got worse.
AS schools around the country push to increase students' use of computers, a small but growing number of educators and researchers say that children are risking injury because they are not being taught sound ergonomic practices along with basic computer skills.
The "tuning" approach to teaching sound draws on attention, embodiment, listening, and negotiation.
