Music-ITE

Background information, ideas to share with trainees and resources for teachers.

This article describes the outcomes of a two-year programme undertaken with undergraduates at Barnsley College, focussing on raising standards of performance on a larger scale within the context of a large music department.

Can all GCSE students compose; how do you teach composing at GCSE; and is GCSE coursework a good test of composing ability?

This article reports on a school-based research project into teaching composing at GCSE, setting this alongside a review of the literature.

"The notion of creativity is to be found in many curricular contexts ... yet in the case of composing in schools we, as teachers, are asking our pupils to bring something into being which did not exist before."

This article presents a case for developing a new theory of music education, arguing that advances in music technology have undermined some of the most basic conceptual frameworks we currently possess.

This paper is based on a five-year research project into the work of music teachers in Northern Ireland. It is concerned with the implications of the research for the curriculum.

"In this paper I explore the musical general knowledge of 46 applicants for places on a secondary Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) music course"

A response to Vic Gammon’s interesting article concerning the subject knowledge of intending PGCE music students and how such knowledge might be identified.

As part of a longitudinal study to evaluate the efficacy of the university-based arts courses in preparing student teachers, the author looked at the factors affecting music.