Collaborative Action for Change Selected Proceedings from the 2007 Symposium on Music Teacher Education

by Schmidt, Margaret

• ISBN13: 9781607093268
• ISBN10: 160709326X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-12-15
• Publisher: R&L Education

Summary

Collaborative Action for Change examines new directions in the preparation of and lifelong professional development for music educators. Based on presentations from the symposium, chapters focus on successful partnerships and collaborations among music teacher educators, classroom teachers, school and district administrators, and others. Keynote addresses, given by Marilyn Cochran-Smith (Boston College) and Don Gibson (Florida State University), raise important questions in shaping and assessing preservice teachers' learning experiences and curricula. Other chapters discuss genuine interaction among preservice teachers, teacher educators, and the musics and cultures of their own and their students' worlds; beginning teachers' socialization and skill development; two effective university-school partnerships; a collaborative effort among university faculty; and different mentoring programs for novice and experienced music teachers. Collaborative Action for Change provides concrete visions of music educators taking individual and collective action for change in music teacher education. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Margaret Schmidt is associate professor of music education at Arizona State University (ASU), where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in music education and is director of the ASU String Project, Her research focuses the ways that teachers, particularly beginners, think about teaching.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Reviewers	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xv
Keynote Addresses
Teacher Education: Where Are We and Where Are We Going?	p. 3
Music Teacher Education: Curricula, Excellence, and Advocacy	p. 23
Broad Visions of Music Teacher Education Curriculum
Counterpoint or Remix? A Dialogue on Popular Music and Popular Culture in the Music Teacher Education Curriculum	p. 35
Conceptually Framing Music Teaching and Learning Within the Context of Culture: Implications for Music Teacher Education	p. 51
Globalizing Music Education: A Contextual Approach to Developing StudentsÆ Intercultural Competence	p. 71
Perspectives on Music TeachersÆ Development
Understanding Socialization and Occupational Identity Among Undergraduate Music Teachers	p. 87
Variations on a Theme: Cases in the Application of Social Role Development Theory in Music Teacher Education	p. 105
Supporting the Development of Effective Instructional Language Use in the Music Ensemble Classroom	p. 123
Teacher Efficacy: Its Importance in Music Teacher Education Curriculum	p. 141
Partnerships in Music Teacher Education
Research Meets Reality in School-University Partnerships: An Analysis of Two Diverse School-University Collaborations	p. 155
Orchestrating Secondary Instrument Playing and Teaching Proficiencies for Future Music Educators: Effective Curriculum Configuration, Delivery, and Administration	p. 183
Secondary Instrument Instruction in a School-University Partnership	p. 199
Collaborations to Support Professional Development
An Online Community for Orchestra and String teachers	p. 223
Supporting Elementary Music Mentor Teachers: Learning Through a Collaborative Inquiry Group	p. 231
Minnesota Music Mentoring Initiative: Progress, Pitfalls, and Promise	p. 251
Preparing Music Teacher Educators: A Panel Discussion of Best Practices	p. 267
About the Editor	p. 285
About the Contributors	p. 287
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