Instrumental Music Education: Developing Pedagogies as Instrumental Teachers [Hardcover]

Instrumental Music Educationpresents insights from instrumental and vocal teaching, including one-to-one and group contexts with learners of varied ages, levels and backgrounds across cultures and genres.

Many of the chapters in this open access book detail critical incidents, issues or challenges that have arisen for the authors; these are considered in relation to reflective practice and theoretical perspectives, exploring diverse approaches, resources and teaching philosophies. The contributors all include instrumental/vocal teaching within their work, and have drawn on a wealth of experience and original research to examine teaching contexts, cultures, processes and resources supporting the development of instrumental/vocal pedagogy.

The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by University of York, UK.

considers critical and topical issues relating to the work of instrumental and vocal teachers in relation to music education research, theoretical perspectives and reflective frameworks, supporting teachers' professional developmentElizabeth Haddonis Emeritus Reader at the University of York, UK. She is the author ofMaking Music in Britain: Interviews with Those Behind the Notes(2006), and co-editor with Pamela Burnard ofActivating Diverse Musical Creativities: Teaching and Learning in Higher Music Education(Bloomsbury 2015)and Creative Teaching for Creative Learning in Higher Music Education(2016).

This collection offers insights on topics as varied as dealing with transfers from one instrumental teacher to another, overcoming barriers to practice, and understanding cross-cultural differences in teaching philosophies. There is inspiration here for new and established teachers, as well as for music education researchers seeking an up-to-date overview of research-informed pedagogy. Stephaniel)