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- Title
Finding a Place in Music Education: The Lived Experiences of Music Educators with "Non-Traditional" Backgrounds.
- Authors
Bernard, Rhoda
- Abstract
This study is a qualitative investigation of the perspectives of seven music educators with "nontraditional" backgrounds--individuals who play instruments that are not part of the traditional large ensemble, and/or those whose musical specialties lie in genres other than Western classical music--based on their lived experiences as preservice and in-service music educators. The three most robust themes from the interviews included: insecurities about previous training and background, striving for relevance, and flexibility. Coming to better understand the perspectives of music educators with "non-traditional" backgrounds contributes to two active streams in the current conversation in the field of music teacher education: the desire to update the curriculum of music teacher education programs to make them more relevant for preservice music educators and K-12 students of the 21st century as well as the growing interest in popular music and popular music pedagogy.
- Subjects
EDUCATION of music teachers; POPULAR music instruction; IDENTITY (Philosophical concept); MUSIC students' attitudes; MUSIC education
- Publication
Visions of Research in Music Education, 2012, Vol 22, p1
- ISSN
1938-2065
- Publication type
Article