http://collective.musiced.net/2006/04/04/lets-be-creative/ A Music Education Blog Collective Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:03:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.1 http://collective.musiced.net/2006/04/04/lets-be-creative/#comment-107 Jonathan Sun, 09 Apr 2006 08:54:02 +0000 http://collective.musiced.net/2006/04/04/lets-be-creative/#comment-107 Green's research has been a challenge to music educators here in the UK. It has made us reconsider not just the content of the music curriculum but how it is delivered. Green's final chapter outlines the implications of her study of 'informal' learning practices for the 'formal' pedagogies found within classrooms. From my experience, there definitions are often blurred in the work of skillful teachers in the classroom. But, as a general principle, this chapter is worth reading carefully and contains many excellent starting points for teachers as they reconsider their teaching practices. Many of Green's ideas are underpinning a large piece of music education research funded by Paul Hamlyn. See http://www.musicalfutures.org.uk/ for futher details. Green’s research has been a challenge to music educators here in the UK. It has made us reconsider not just the content of the music curriculum but how it is delivered. Green’s final chapter outlines the implications of her study of ‘informal’ learning practices for the ‘formal’ pedagogies found within classrooms. From my experience, there definitions are often blurred in the work of skillful teachers in the classroom. But, as a general principle, this chapter is worth reading carefully and contains many excellent starting points for teachers as they reconsider their teaching practices. Many of Green’s ideas are underpinning a large piece of music education research funded by Paul Hamlyn. See http://www.musicalfutures.org.uk/ for futher details.

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