INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC TEACHING Perspectives and Challenges

Instrumental music teaching and learning is a major part of music education in almost all cultures and traditions and many young people’s lives are enriched by playing a musical instrument. How musical instruments are taught varies considerably across different musical traditions, and digital technologies and social media mean that young people now have much more choice about how they learn musical instruments.

Instrumental Teaching: Perspectives and Challenges has an international authorship. Its chapters explore major themes in instrumental music teaching including creativity, assessment, motivation, access and inclusion and the use of music technology. Other chapters examine recent research into instrumental teaching and learning, historical perspectives and the relationship between the teacher and musician identities.

This book is an important publication for all involved in music education, and in particular it provides an opportunity for those whose role includes teaching musical instruments to reflect on their practice. It will also be an invaluable resource for those engaged in research into instrumental teaching and learning as well as those supporting the professional development of instrumental music teachers.

• 1. The Historical Context of Instrumental Teaching by Erin Johnson-Williams
• 2. The Changing Landscapes of Contemporary Instrumental Music Teaching: Policy and Practice by Randall Everett Allsup & George Nicholson
• 3. Instrumental Music Teaching: Contemporary Research Perspectives by Andrea Creech
• 4. What Does it Mean to be Musical? Musical Ability and Learning in Instrumental Education by Alison Daubney
• 5. Development and Instrumental Learning by Kim Burwell
• 6. Sustaining Interest and Motivation: Agency and Self-regulation by Nick Beach
• 7. Creativities in Instrumental Teaching and Learning: Unlocking Musical Imaginations by Jennie Henley
• 8. Inclusive Approaches to Instrumental Teaching and Learning: A Social Justice Perspective by Gary Spruce
• 9. Assessment, Values, Beliefs: Working Towards a ‘Conscientised’ Approach to Assessment in Instrumental Music Teaching by Francesca Christmas
• 10. Instrumental Teaching as Part of a General Musical Education by Adam Whittaker and Martin Fautley
• 11. Music and Technology: Approaches, Challenges and Potential in Instrumental Music Teaching by Andrew King
• 12. The Musician Teacher by Julie Ballantyne

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