Music teacher educators' visions of music teacher preparation in Finland, Norway and Sweden

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ID5767553
AutoresCecilia Ferm Thorgersen (Luleå University of Technology), Geir Johansen (Norwegian Academy of Music), Marja-Leena Juntunen (0000-0003-0036-3592, University of the Arts Helsinki)
Ano2015
Volume34
Fascículo1
Páginas49-63
Data de publicação2015-06-29
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Journal of Music Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0255-7614 • E-ISSN: 1744-795X
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0255761415584300
OpenAlexW1845125953
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas15
Referências citadas22

In this study we investigated the visions of 12 music teacher educators who teach pedagogical courses called instrumental pedagogy and classroom music pedagogy in three music academies in Finland, Norway and Sweden. The data were collected through individual, semi-structured qualitative interviews. Drawing on Hammerness' concept of teachers' vision we concentrated on the educators' visions of good music pedagogy teaching, an ideal graduate, and visions of their subject as a whole, as well as how those visions can be extended to denote some characteristics of the teaching traditions at play. The results indicated that visions were personal and not necessarily consistent between educators or across institutions. Rather, they were strongly related to, steered, and limited by established teaching traditions. We suggest that vision might constitute a functional concept in music teacher educators' reflections on their work and that clear programme visions should be formulated in music teacher education institutions through collective collegial efforts

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