Links on this page connect to sites that have been selected for their value to inform parents and educators about the Suzuki method  - what it is, its history and pedagogical components. There are also links to sites dealing with related subjects, including an article that takes critical look at Japanese education, The section, SPECIAL SUBJECT LINKS, includes a site that deals with the current research into the causal relationship between music and brain development. 

At the end of the page are links America's Suzuki Music Academy pages. The Academy produces two specialized sites for Suzuki Method teaching professionals, Suzuki Violin Teachers Central and Suzuki Piano Teachers Central.

Produced by the Piano Basics Foundation, this authoritative online resource hosts articles by Haruko Kataoka, co-founder of the Suzuki Piano Method. An essential Suzuki Piano resource. 

Talent Education Research Institute (TERI)
The International Talent Education Academy in Matsumoto Japan

The links in this section connect to the website of the headquarters of the Suzuki Method in Japan. The Talent Education Research Institute and the International Talent Education Academy was founded and directed by Suzuki. Since Suzuki's passing, Professor Koji Toyoda has served as the President of the International Suzuki Association, director of the International Academy of the Suzuki Method, and President of the Talent Education Research Institute. 

The site contains interesting information in brief form, including chronologies that track Suzuki's work and the development of the Suzuki Method, it has limited usefulness as a pedagogical resource.   

(Note: The text, translated into English from the Japanese pages, contains extraneous "�" symbols and some other minor typographical anomalies.) 

THE SUZUKI METHOD TALENT EDUCATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Exposition of Suzuki Method principles, including the idea that training -  not innate talent - determines ability, that education begins early in life, etc.

CHRONOLOGY: SUZUKI METHOD'S INTRODUCTION TO THE US AND WORLD

Tracks the course of the Suzuki Method's introduction to the outside world, from its introduction to the US in 1964 to the establishment of the International Suzuki Association in 1983.

SUZUKI: BIOGRAPHICAL CHRONOLOGY 

Highlights of Suzuki's life and accomplishments, from his birth in Nagoya, Japan in 1898 to his death in 1998, at age 99. 

 HISTORY OF THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF THE SUZUKI METHOD

The story of the establishment of Suzuki's School, the Matsumoto Music School, and the transition to the International Academy of the Suzuki Method in 1997. 

 SELECTED SUZUKI QUOTES 

This extraordinary site, designed for the professional music educator, deals with the current research into music and its relation to cognitive and emotional development, perception, and a range of music related studies. Perhaps the most comprehensive collection of its kind, the site includes a remarkable catalogue of links to outstanding material. Although some of the material referenced here is quite technical, the serious music and general education professional will find this to be one of the very best of the online resources available on the web.

The November 10, 1998, transcript from the PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer features a Tom Bearden report on how music may affect learning patterns. Researcher Gordon Shaw and others discuss how and why the Suzuki Method music study has been introduced into the curriculum at Schiell Elementary, a public school in Cincinnati's inner city. They speculate about the link between of improved performance in academic studies and Suzuki Method study.

CRISIS IN THE CLASSROOM?

Another article from "Kansai Time Out" that appears on "The Japan File" website. Okano Yutaka, an Academic teacher in Japan, offers critical view of Japanese academic education and its failings.