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Pope, Julia – Australian Journal of Music Education, 2021
This article explores teachers' experiences of establishing and maintaining Indonesian gamelan music programs in Australian schools focusing on their views of the strengths and challenges of those programs. By analysing these experiences, I argue that we can discover important indicators of the factors which affect the long-term vitality and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Education, Teacher Attitudes, Program Effectiveness
Carter, Jennifer – Australian Journal of Music Education, 2021
This paper investigates one experienced classroom music teacher's journey in navigating syllabus changes in New South Wales (NSW) secondary schools in the period between 1968 and 1978. A significant dearth of research on teacher education in general, and in particular, in the area of secondary music teaching exists in NSW. This research will add…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Music Teachers, Music Education, Foreign Countries
Burrows, Joanne; Brown, Judith – Australian Journal of Music Education, 2020
This paper discusses the results of an anonymous survey completed by 239 Australian piano teachers in relation to the teaching materials and practices used by teachers with piano students aged 12-17, older beginners. The survey, which is part of a broader study investigating constructivism in music education, explores teacher choices and opinions…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music Teachers, Musical Instruments, Instructional Materials
Robinson, Jennifer – Australian Journal of Music Education, 2020
Early-career teachers are referred to in the literature as being in their first few years of teaching experience (Ballantyne & Zhukov, 2017; Dabback, 2018). This research aims to identify current issues that affect the aspirations of early-career secondary school music teachers, including what motivates and engages them in their work and what…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Music Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
King, Fiona – Australian Journal of Music Education, 2020
The purpose of this paper is to share the initial outcomes of a doctoral study about teaching for creativity in primary schools. The investigation inquired into how and why educators teach for creativity and implement creative processes in music, performing arts and generalist classrooms. The key outcomes discussed in this paper refer specifically…
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, Teacher Attitudes, Music Teachers, Elementary School Teachers
Miles, Michaela – Australian Journal of Music Education, 2020
Research has shown that an audience can make a great difference to a musical performance but limited research has explored this with primary school-aged children. Using an action research study, participants from a primary school choir, students in fifth and sixth class formed into a choir through a compulsory singing programme, were surveyed to…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Music Activities, Singing, Performance
Thorn, Benjamin; Brasche, Inga – Australian Journal of Music Education, 2020
Good musical education has been shown to have benefits across the curriculum but its delivery in schools is still extremely variable. Part of the problem is that many primary teachers lack skills and/or confidence to offer engaging music programs. In an attempt to find possible solutions to this problem we ran a pilot program of a short series of…
Descriptors: Self Esteem, Faculty Development, Pilot Projects, Program Evaluation
Golding, Martina; Hannigan, Shelley – Australian Journal of Music Education, 2020
Duoethnography and narrative inquiry are used to investigate the perspectives of two experienced teachers from contrasting curriculum specialties, one in music and the other in mathematics within a primary school setting. Initiated by the music teacher, research focuses on the usefulness of embodied and participatory forms of music-making for…
Descriptors: Music Education, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Education, Preadolescents
Mitchell, Elizabeth; Southcott, Jane – Australian Journal of Music Education, 2020
In 1993 the Victorian Music Teachers' Association (VMTA) published a fund-raising cookbook, Prestissimo Food for Agitato Musicians. Community cookbooks provide social historians with valuable windows into the lives and personalities of the contributors. The VMTA cookbook is no exception, bringing individuals into sharp relief and including asides…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Associations, Music Teachers, Fund Raising
Baker, William J.; Forbes, Anne-Marie; Earle, Jennifer – Australian Journal of Music Education, 2020
Formed in 1965, and now including around 150 players and seven ensembles, the Tasmanian Youth Orchestra (TYO) is the oldest state-based youth orchestra in Australia. This paper presents the findings from a 2018 survey of TYO participants, as one part of a broader qualitative pilot project into the perceived benefits of participation in TYO. Using…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Youth Programs, Musicians, Music Activities
Chapman, Helen Kasztelan – Australian Journal of Music Education, 2019
It is almost as if there are two Bartóks -- the amiable collector of Hungarian folk music and the 'infernal' barbarian intent on destroying the music of the past (Gillies, 2010). These two sides of Bartók's character may be seen in such disparate works as "The Miraculous Mandarin" (1919) and his "Suite" No. 2, Op. 4 (1904-07).…
Descriptors: Music, Musicians, Musical Composition, Music Teachers
Lee, Daniel; Baker, William; Haywood, Nick – Australian Journal of Music Education, 2019
Research suggests graduates from music courses in Australian tertiary institutions typically undertake portfolio careers that include a combination of performing and teaching. Both of these activities could have ongoing artistic ripple effects on the musical communities the graduates inhabit. This paper reports on a qualitative post-graduate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Education, Teaching Methods, Popular Culture
Sealey, Lyndsay; Mitchell, Annie – Australian Journal of Music Education, 2019
Composing Territory is a research project with two main aims. The first aim is to identify optimal composition and arrangement techniques for choral works written for female singers from various linguistic backgrounds in the Northern Territory whose voices are undergoing pubertal changes. The second aim is the creation of twelve choral…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Singing, Music Activities, Females
Stanhope, Jessica – Australian Journal of Music Education, 2018
Background: University woodwind students commonly experience playing-related injuries, however little is known about musicians' beliefs and attitudes regarding playing-related injuries. Objective: To investigate the beliefs and attitudes of university woodwind students regarding playing-related injuries, and the prevention strategies they use.…
Descriptors: Music Education, College Students, Student Attitudes, Musical Instruments
Anderson, Alan; Northcote, Maria – Australian Journal of Music Education, 2018
Technological advances in digital video and videoconference technology around the early 2000s led a number of researchers to investigate the practicalities of using videoconferencing technology for instrumental music teaching in online and blended learning contexts. Technical and instructional strategies were developed and recommendations made…
Descriptors: Videoconferencing, Teaching Methods, Music Education, Blended Learning