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• Title: What's New in Pedagogy Research (Professional Resources)
• Author : Rebecca Grooms Johnson
• Release Date : January 01, 2010
• Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,Arts & Entertainment,Music,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 56 KB

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"With experience comes wisdom." Sounds logical, doesn't it? A recent study titled "Music performance teachers' conceptions about learning and instruction: a descriptive study of Spanish piano teachers" (1) explores the effect of length of teaching experience on the instructional philosophies of Spanish piano teachers. As is true in many European countries, music teaching in Spain is a highly regulated activity; teachers must be trained and certified to teach in the music conservatories where all children receive their music instruction. Traditionally, the main objective of the lessons was "merely to make learners reproduce wide musical repertoires, both accurately and correctly, but very little attention was paid to other more 'artistic' aspects." (2) Recently, however, educational reform has been introduced and teachers have been strongly encouraged to use a "constructivist approach" with their students. This study compares the teaching philosophy of "old school" teachers with instructors trained after the educational reforms. The concepts: Three broad philosophic theories of teaching were defined. The direct theory was the most traditional, with an emphasis on the teacher as the absolute authority. Until recent reforms, pre-service teacher training consisted solely of applied performance lessons, rather than courses about how to teach--which led to intuitively teaching as one was taught. The interpretive theory was an evolution of the direct theory with some recognition of the student's needs and abilities. The constructive theory was based on research findings about learning theories and emphasized the student's participation in and contributions to exploring strategies for learning and interpreting the repertoire.

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