'Because I'm not musical' : A critical case study of music education training for pre-service generalist primary teachers in Australia
Journal article
Carroll, Christine and Harris, Jo-Anne Margaret. (2023). 'Because I'm not musical' : A critical case study of music education training for pre-service generalist primary teachers in Australia. British Journal of Music Education. 40(2), pp. 271-286. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0265051722000274
Authors | Carroll, Christine and Harris, Jo-Anne Margaret |
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Abstract | The literature concerning pre-service training in music education for generalist primary or elementary school teachers reveals a long-standing problem for teacher educators: low or poor self-efficacy concerning the teaching of classroom music. Concurrently, a critical examination of training programmes has less often featured, with only limited discussion of digital approaches to classroom music-making constituting the focus of empirical research. Through a focused case study in one Australian university, 136 pre-service teachers participated in a face-to-face module of interactive music education which culminated in a peer-directed collaborative digital music-making project. Pre- and post-surveys were implemented with shifts in pre-service teachers’ self-efficacy measured according to Bandura’s self-efficacy scales. Legitimation Code Theory from the sociology of education then served as an overarching theoretical lens through which to appraise the findings. Despite an enduring self-concept as ‘non-musicians’, the results highlight positive shifts in self-efficacy through the utilisation of peer-directed digital music-making tasks, with implications for teacher training programmes more broadly situated. |
Keywords | pre-service teacher training; music education; web-based digital composition; self-efficacy ; Legitimation Code Theory |
Year | 01 Jan 2023 |
Journal | British Journal of Music Education |
Journal citation | 40 (2), pp. 271-286 |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
ISSN | 0265-0517 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0265051722000274 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-music-education/article/because-im-not-musical-a-critical-case-study-of-music-education-training-for-preservice-generalist-primary-teachers-in-australia/6B02E854F498FC9BDCB1D79B255E83CE |
Open access | Published as non-open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 271-286 |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Jul 2023 | |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | Sep 2022 |
Deposited | 05 Aug 2024 |
Additional information | © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press. |
Place of publication | United Kingdom |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/90w6x/-because-i-m-not-musical-a-critical-case-study-of-music-education-training-for-pre-service-generalist-primary-teachers-in-australia
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