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Provoking the muse: as case study of teaching and learning in music composition
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Barrett, MS and Gromko, JE, Provoking the muse: as case study of teaching and learning in music composition, Psychology of Music, 35, (2) pp. 213-230. ISSN 0305-7356 (2007) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2007 Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research
DOI: doi:10.1177/0305735607070305
Abstract
This article reports the findings of a research project that investigated the nature of the teaching and learning process in music composition. Over the period of one semester, the formal interactions in one-on-one study sessions between an eminent composer-teacher and an experienced graduate student-composer were videotaped. Following the generation of video data, separate interviews were conducted with the composer-teacher and the student-composer in order to probe each of these participants' perceptions of the nature of the teaching and learning process in which they were engaged. Analyses of observational and interview data were framed within a social constructivist perspective and drew on notions of the zone of proximal development, a problem-finding attitude and creative collaboration. The teaching and learning process in musical composition in this study emphasized problem finding and problem solving by composer-teacher and student-composer within a social relationship characterized by reciprocity and collaborative dialogue in which possible solutions were discussed, negotiated and trialed.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | collaborative dialogue, creativity, social constructivism, problem finding, problem solving, zone of proximal development |
Research Division: | Education |
Research Group: | Specialist studies in education |
Research Field: | Specialist studies in education not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Education and Training |
Objective Group: | Other education and training |
Objective Field: | Other education and training not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Barrett, MS (Professor Margaret Barrett) |
ID Code: | 45389 |
Year Published: | 2007 |
Deposited By: | Education |
Deposited On: | 2007-08-01 |
Last Modified: | 2013-01-18 |
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