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'In the Cracks between Freedom and Fear': Student Reflections on Identity and Confidence Learning in a Creative Music Ensemble
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de Bruin, Leon R. – Music Education Research, 2022
The purpose of this study was to conduct a qualitative study examining 'real-world' jazz performance contexts within an Australian tertiary music course. Course projects were designed to offer students opportunities to gain a better understanding of the intersections of working and performing with their teachers in an improvised music ensemble.…
Descriptors: Music Education, Student Attitudes, Reflection, Creativity
The Use of Cognitive Apprenticeship in the Learning and Teaching of Improvisation: Teacher and Student Perspectives
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de Bruin, Leon R. – Research Studies in Music Education, 2019
Instrumental tuition has predominantly been conceptualized in terms of a master-apprentice model that facilitates the transmission of skills, knowledge and cultural intellect through teaching and learning. Research suggests the one-to-one tuition model needs to evolve and adapt to meet the demands of the 21st century musician. Within the…
Descriptors: Music Education, Creative Activities, Music Activities, Musicians
Apprenticing for Creativity in the Improvisation Lesson: A Qualitative Enquiry
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de Bruin, Leon R. – Teaching in Higher Education, 2018
Effective teacher-student learning relationships can propel students to advanced ways of knowing and acting. In much arts based higher education learning, dynamic and fluid interplay of cognitive, meta-cognitive and aspirational aims and goals are prevalent and passed to students in a learning relationship that can be described as a cognitive…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Creativity, Creative Activities, Creative Thinking