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- Title
Music teaching is more than telling: Attitudes and beliefs of Australian pre-service teachers.
- Authors
Joseph, Dawn
- Abstract
Pre-service teachers' views are often confronted at tertiary level in regards to theories of teaching and learning which can through discussion and reflection change their perceptions and their understanding of classroom practice. Tertiary educators are challenged to develop positive attitudes and beliefs about education to their pre-service students if music education is to be valued in all educational settings. Drawing on educational perspectives on teaching, this article investigates the myriad of influences that shape pre-service teachers' attitudes and beliefs about music teaching and learning. Between 2005-2009 final year music teacher education students from Deakin University and Monash University (Melbourne, Australia) participated in a research project entitled Intercultural attitudes of pre-service music education students. This article draws on the 2008 cohort interpersonal and affective attributes regarding what they thought makes a good teacher and how they would see themselves as future music teachers. Whilst the findings provide important insights into Australian pre-service teachers they also hold similar significance for teacher education in general. I contend that continued research with our students can only help us as tertiary educators to prepare our students to be effective teachers.
- Subjects
MUSIC teachers' attitudes; MUSIC education; POSTSECONDARY education; MUSIC students; TEACHER education; DEAKIN University; MONASH University
- Publication
Victorian Journal of Music Education, 2010, Vol 13, Issue 1, p12
- ISSN
1036-6318
- Publication type
Article