Envisioning Music Teacher Education (eBook)

Susan Wharton Conkling is a professor of music and music education at Boston University, where she teaches courses in conducting, choral methods, and doctoral-level research. As a teacher and scholar, Conkling has been a leading voice for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning movement in the performing arts, beginning with a Carnegie Fellowship in 1999. She also is well-known for her efforts to create professional development partnerships between public schools and collegiate schools and departments of music. Her research interests include the professional development of music teachers, particularly in schools affected by poverty and income inequality, and the designs for and intersections of learning experiences in postsecondary institutions. Conkling serves as the national chair of the Society for Music Teacher Education.

INTRODUCTION: CREATING VISION FOR MUSIC TEACHER EDUCATIONDouglas C. OrzolekCHAPTER 1: VISIONS OF GOOD TEACHINGKaren HammernessCHAPTER 2: MAPPING NEW LANDSCAPES FOR MUSIC TEACHER EDUCATIONJanet R. BarrettCHAPTER 3: PEDAGOGY AND MISSION: VINCENTIAN PERSONALISM AND COCREATION OF MUSICAL EXPERIENCEJacqueline Kelly-McHaleCHAPTER 4: ALIGNING VISION WITH PRACTICE: REDESIGNING TRADITIONAL MUSIC TEACHER EDUCATION THROUGH IMMERSIVE LEARNINGJohn W. Scheib, Karin S. Hendricks, Ryan M. Hourigan, and Kimberly J. InksCHAPTER 5: TEACHING FREE IMPROVISATION: BUILDING A RESPONSIVE PEDAGOGY THROUGH CORE PRACTICESKimberly Lansinger Ankney and Daniel J. HealyCHAPTER 6: THE SHOE THAT DOESN’T FIT: CONTEXTUALIZING MUSIC TEACHER EVALUATIONCara BernardCHAPTER 7: METAPHOR AS A TOOL FOR UNDERSTANDING (AND QUESTIONING?) PRESERVICE MUSIC TEACHERS’ BELIEFSHeather Nelson ShouldiceCHAPTER 8: GOAL-SETTING IN AN ENSEMBLE-BASED FIELD EXPERIENCELinda C. Thornton and Jason B. GossettCHAPTER 9: ENVISIONING REFLECTION: COLLABORATIVE SELF-STUDY IN A MUSIC EDUCATION METHODS COURSEAnn Marie Stanley and Lynn GrossmanCHAPTER 10: VISION AND THE LEGITIMATE ORDER: THEORIZING TODAY TO IMAGINE TOMORROWBrent C. Talbot and Roger MantieCHAPTER 11: UTOPIAN THINKING, COMPLIANCE AND VISIONS OF WONDERFUL TRANSFORMATIONSusan Wharton ConklingBIBLIOGRAPHYABOUT THE EDITORABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS