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Making Sure It's about What's Best for Students: Following on Regelski's Tractate
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Bradley, Deborah; Goble, J. Scott – Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 2020
What can be done to re-orient a field of education like music, when far too many teachers teach the way they were taught using traditional procedures that stupefy and deaden students to the subject matter, rather than working creatively to invigorate and empower them to become thoughtfully engaged, independent music makers? The essays in this…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music Teachers, Teaching Methods, Creative Teaching
Understanding the One-to-One Relationship in Instrumental/Vocal Tuition in Higher Education: Comparing Student and Teacher Perceptions
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Gaunt, Helena – British Journal of Music Education, 2011
The power of one-to-one tuition in Higher Music Education is evidenced by its continuing place at the heart of conservatoire education. The need to examine this student-teacher relationship more closely has been emphasised in the last decades by increasing understanding of processes of student learning in Higher Education as a whole, and in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Music Education, Interaction, Teacher Attitudes
Performance Assessment: Lessons from Performers
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Parkes, Kelly A. – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2010
The performing arts studio is a highly complex learning setting, and assessing student outcomes relative to reliable and valid standards has presented challenges to this teaching and learning method. Building from the general international higher education literature, this article illustrates details, processes, and solutions, drawing on…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Performance Tests, Literature, Musical Instruments
Music Education in the 21st Century in the United Kingdom: Achievements, Analysis and Aspirations
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Hallam, Susan, Ed.; Creech, Andrea. Ed. – Institute of Education - London, 2010
The landscape of music education in the UK is constantly shifting and developing. This book provides a timely and unique overview of this restless sector by considering the achievements of music education, analysing its current performance and setting out aspirations for the future. "Music Education in the 21st Century in the United…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Education, Futures (of Society), Educational Trends
On Musicians and Singers: An Investigation of Different Approaches Taken by Vocal and Instrumental Teachers in Higher Education
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Burwell, Kim – Music Education Research, 2006
How do singers approach teaching and learning in the context of performance studies in higher education? And how is their approach distinct from that taken by instrumentalists in the same context? This paper focuses largely on verbal dialogue recorded in 67 instrumental and vocal lessons, in the music department of a UK university. It examines the…
Descriptors: Musicians, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
Conservatoire Student and Instrumental Professor: The Student Perspective on a Complex Relationship
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Presland, Carole – British Journal of Music Education, 2005
This article examines the special relationship between students and their instrumental teachers in UK conservatoires. Conservatoires in the UK provide a higher education for aspiring performers and composers and the students' choice of conservatoire will often be guided by their desire to study with a particular "professor" who will…
Descriptors: Music Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Musicians