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- Title
Final year music students' identities: Music student or music teacher?
- Authors
Rowley, Jennifer L.
- Abstract
Music education students face a dilemma in their shift from music student to music teacher as they begin their teaching careers. This paper discusses an investigation into the identity of music student, musician and future music teacher assumed in those who have recently completed a music education degree. It reports on findings that reveal how music students see their roles of student, musician, performer and the progress towards music teacher. This transition relies on aspects of social cognition, and encourages a different identity role to that of music student. Results of the study address the imbalance in self-perception and identity formation, and question how the pre-service music teacher's musicality is discreetly housed within the role of trainee music teacher. This research opens up possibilities for investigating music students' multiple identities and, in particular, how identity is retained in the new role of music teacher.
- Subjects
MUSIC students; MUSIC teachers; TEACHER education; MUSIC education; SELF-perception; MUSICIANS
- Publication
Victorian Journal of Music Education, 2012, Vol 15, Issue 1, p22
- ISSN
1036-6318
- Publication type
Article