Interesting musical practices
A group of sixteen secondary school trainee music teachers had noted that Indian music featured in a current GCSE syllabus and decided to explore the musical practices of India and the Punjab together...
View ArticleNo composing before Key stage 4!
There is abroad the idea, and now shaped into an ideology, that knowledge comes before creativity. Such is the fervour of this poisition that in the case of music this is taken to mean that children...
View ArticleWho will try a dialogic musical gathering?
‘DLG (Dialogic Literary Gatherings) is a dialogic reading activity based on two principles: reading a classical literature book (such as Romeo and Juliet, the Odyssey, Don Quixote) and then sharing...
View ArticleWhy music is not a core subject
Given the research evidence, why isn’t Music central to education policy? What should we be doing better to get that message out? Why are we not a “Core” subject? These are the cries of the beleaguered...
View ArticleSo, does the music count more than the people?
Laura Mullaly @LauraMullaly Jun 16 Having a fab night at Homerton May Ball 2017 – Ceilidh and Silent Disco!! @Johnfinney8 where are you??! @HomertonCollege In last weeks blog I cited Ceilidh and...
View ArticleMusic Education and assessment
At the recent Music Education Council’s gathering those of us interested in curriculum came together to discuss the music curriculum. (Wouldn’t it be good to have a whole day together!) The music...
View ArticleMusic curriculum, pedagogy, assessment and the order of things
In last week’s blog I wrote about assessment in music education. As part of this I offered a working definition of assessment. ‘Assessment consists in evaluating or judging the value of something, or...
View ArticleSkill and knowledge in the music curriculum
Currently there is much talk of knowledge-based education. The minister of state for schools has this to say about it, for example. A narrative is created whereby skills are set against knowledge....
View ArticlePractical knowledge and music education
In last week’s blog I wondered about the idea of a skills-based music curriculum at a time when there is an intensified discourse surrounding the idea of a knowledge-based curriculum extended to a...
View ArticleInstrumental skills v musical knowledge
Music Mark @musicmarkuk Great panel discussing Future of Music in Curriculum. @danfrancismusic @hantsmusichub @musicforall @aboorchestras @TrinityC_L #MusicMark2017 John finney@Johnfinney8 Nov 25 A...
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