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- Title
The Musical Education of Academically Gifted and Talented Students.
- Authors
Clarke, Shelley; Rowley, Jennifer L.
- Abstract
Through the exploration of a pilot study investigating the musical education of academically gifted students, this article reveals that the relationship between academically gifted and talented students and the teaching and learning of music is positive and productive as part of a quality differentiated curriculum. The results of the pilot study are significant in the specific field of music education, as each of the identified positive teacher characteristics from the study can be nurtured and utilised in the teaching and learning of music. Awareness of teachers of the special educational needs of their academically gifted and talented students, their ability to provide quality and appropriate music programs to these students, the issues that affect the quality of music programs in academically selective contexts, and the perceptions of the students regarding their levels of challenge and engagement in their classroom music lessons are the themes that are discussed in this article. Whilst not all cognitively gifted and talented students have developed skills in musical performance (Atterbury, 1990), their ability to think creatively and analytically, and approach tasks with persistence, means that students in academically selective contexts are capable of engaging in music teaching and learning experiences at advanced levels.
- Subjects
MUSIC education; MUSIC students; MUSIC teachers; LEARNING; GIFTED persons; AWARENESS; CLASSROOMS; COLLEGE students; MUSICAL performance
- Publication
Victorian Journal of Music Education, 2008, Vol 11, Issue 1, p31
- ISSN
1036-6318
- Publication type
Article