ERIC Number: EJ1210596
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
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Music Education -- Privately, Personally and Professionally the School Subject of Music, Digital Media and Tools
Scheid, Manfred
Education Inquiry, v5 n2 Article 23255 p215-232 2014
This article is about the way in which and to what extent digital media and tools are used in the teaching of music in Sweden. Through interviews and observations, teachers' and pupils' experiences and expectations of digital media and tools are presented. The investigation considers eight municipal schools with pupils in the ninth form. The article adopts a media ecological perspective, which implies that media create new social and communicative structures for constructions of knowledge and identity. The results show that music is expanding both quantitatively as the supply increases, and qualitatively since it is being integrated with mobile images to a great extent. Teachers choose material from the Internet and create their own digital teaching materials. Pupils choose music and artists based on personal preferences. Stage performances are important and are imitating those of professionals to an increasing degree. Use of the Internet broadens and deepens music abilities and knowledge, but the focus is still on playing in rock and pop ensembles.
Descriptors: Music Education, Music, Foreign Countries, Music Teachers, Music Activities, Musical Instruments, Multimedia Materials, Electronic Publishing, Internet, Instructional Materials, Computer Uses in Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Sweden
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