Building communities of music education practice: peer collaboration in music teacher education
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Paper/Presentation Title | Building communities of music education practice: peer collaboration in music teacher education |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Harrison, Scott (Author), Ballantyne, Julie (Author), Barrett, Margaret (Author) and Temmerman, Nita (Author) |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 27th Australian Association for Research in Music Education: Music in Australian Tertiary Institutions: Issues for the 21st Century |
Number of Pages | 9 |
Year | 2007 |
Place of Publication | Brisbane, Australia |
ISBN | 9781921291203 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://www.deakin.edu.au/arts-ed/education/music-ed/anzarme/index.php |
Conference/Event | 27th Australian Association for Research in Music Education Conference: Music in Australian Tertiary Institutions: Issues for the 21st Century |
Event Details | 27th Australian Association for Research in Music Education Conference: Music in Australian Tertiary Institutions: Issues for the 21st Century Event Date 29 Jun 2007 to end of 01 Jul 2007 Event Location Brisbane, Australia |
Abstract | Isolation is a theme that is synonymous with Australia's demography and geography, with its population concentrated in clusters and separated by large distances. The distribution of the tertiary music education community in Australia tends to reflect aspects of the country's physical make-up, specifically the separation of individuals or small groups of academics by vast distances. Consequently, music teacher education in Australia suffers from a sense of solitude. Academics in the field typically work alone in institutions and their students, beginning music teachers, also suffer from the experience of being alone in their work environment. In a funded cross-institutional project, aspects of mentoring and peer collaboration have been explored to address this phenomenon. This paper reports on the initial stages of the project. Problem-based learning through virtual learning sites and discussion groups has been employed in the project design. These strategies have been employed as project participants endeavour to construct a music education community that reaches out across these vast distances, and contributes to academic development and collaboration. |
Keywords | music teacher education; peer support; mentoring; isolation; virtual learning |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390307. Teacher education and professional development of educators |
390303. Higher education | |
390101. Creative arts, media and communication curriculum and pedagogy | |
Public Notes | Authors and Association jointly hold copyright. |
Byline Affiliations | Griffith University |
University of Tasmania | |
Faculty of Education |
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