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McPhail, Graham; Tibbles, Sally; Cornish, Mary – British Journal of Music Education, 2023
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the impact of the Curriculum Design Coherence Model (CDC Model -- Rata, 2019) on the design practice of two music teachers in a middle school music class in New Zealand. The CDC Model proposes that deep learning first requires deep design coherence. This coherence is generated by three interrelated design…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Music Teachers, Music Education, Middle School Teachers
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Hanke, Maureen – British Journal of Music Education, 2022
This article aims to capture how the Swanwick and Tillman (1986) spiral model of musical development influenced my work as an Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) music coordinator (advisory teacher). It discusses my professional position in a period of teaching prior to the implementation of the National Curriculum for Music, to illustrate…
Descriptors: Music Education, Spiral Curriculum, Elementary School Students, Educational History
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Lewis, Rebecca – British Journal of Music Education, 2012
What is composing and how is it valued? What does a good education in composing look like; what constraints hinder it and is it possible to overcome such constraints? Can composing be a personal, creative and valuable activity for the school student? What role does the teacher play in all of this? These are questions that I discuss in this…
Descriptors: Reflective Teaching, Music Teachers, Music, Musical Composition
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Wise, Stuart; Greenwood, Janinka; Davis, Niki – British Journal of Music Education, 2011
The music industry in the 21st century uses digital technology in a wide range of applications including performance, composition and in recording and publishing. Much of this digital technology is freely available via downloads from the internet, as part of software included with computers when they are purchased and via applications that are…
Descriptors: Music Education, Teaching Methods, Music Activities, Foreign Countries
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Ward, Vicky – British Journal of Music Education, 2007
Despite recent moves toward a more collaborative relationship between the academic pursuit of music analysis and the practical pursuit of music performance, there remains a gulf between the two disciplines. This is partly because attempts at collaboration have generally focused on the use of music performance as a way of teaching music analysis…
Descriptors: Music Education, Teaching Methods, Teaching Guides, Music Teachers
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Russell, Joan – British Journal of Music Education, 2006
This paper builds on the concept that fusion--the blending of styles and traditions resulting in new or hybridised genres--takes place in social interaction in the "transformative zone" (Bresler, 2003). First I explore the issues surrounding the tension that can occur between the need, or desire, to maintain cherished traditions and the…
Descriptors: Music, Music Education, Workshops, Teaching Methods