TY - JOUR
T1 - Creating culturally responsive ensemble instruction
T2 - A beginning music educator's story
AU - Schmidt, Margaret
AU - Smith, Michael
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Board of Trustees University of Illinois.
PY - 2016/9/1
Y1 - 2016/9/1
N2 - This case study explores Michael's experiences as a first-semester beginning strings teacher. Michael, a classically trained violinist and professional mariachi, was concurrently enrolled in a master's degree program, where he found support for his ideas about challenging traditional approaches to ensemble instruction. Together, Michael and Marg, a music teacher educator, examine his instructional goals and the ways he sought to implement them. Michael wanted to offer musical experiences to promote the students' musical interests within the skill limitations of young string students. Institutional structures that supported and hindered Michael in accomplishing his goals are identified as well as the trade-offs Michael made in dealing with impediments he encountered. Questions are raised for music teacher educators regarding preparation of culturally responsive music educators whose musical and teacher identities extend beyond the Western classical tradition.
AB - This case study explores Michael's experiences as a first-semester beginning strings teacher. Michael, a classically trained violinist and professional mariachi, was concurrently enrolled in a master's degree program, where he found support for his ideas about challenging traditional approaches to ensemble instruction. Together, Michael and Marg, a music teacher educator, examine his instructional goals and the ways he sought to implement them. Michael wanted to offer musical experiences to promote the students' musical interests within the skill limitations of young string students. Institutional structures that supported and hindered Michael in accomplishing his goals are identified as well as the trade-offs Michael made in dealing with impediments he encountered. Questions are raised for music teacher educators regarding preparation of culturally responsive music educators whose musical and teacher identities extend beyond the Western classical tradition.
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M3 - Article
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SN - 0010-9894
SP - 61
EP - 79
JO - Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education
JF - Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education
IS - 210-211
ER -