'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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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
AuthorsCarroll, Christine and Harris, Jo-Anne Margaret
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.

Keywordspre-service teacher training; music education; web-based digital composition; self-efficacy ; Legitimation Code Theory
Year01 Jan 2023
JournalBritish Journal of Music Education
Journal citation40 (2), pp. 271-286
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISSN0265-0517
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
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Page range271-286
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AcceptedSep 2022
Deposited05 Aug 2024
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Place of publicationUnited Kingdom
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