Situated knowledge

Situated knowledge

• Situated knowledge

• Issues of language/philosophy

• Understanding and respecting difference

• Issues of level, scope and structure for formulation

Initial small scale survey to determine detail of MTT courses in 7 countries: England, Greece, The Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.

• Initial small scale survey to determine detail of MTT courses in 7 countries: England, Greece, The Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.

• Great range of conditions: e.g. freedom and constraint; academic ‘location’; relationship to schools; balance (and integration) of artistic and pedagogic.

We have combined skills and knowledge, since we consider that knowledge is not a solitary factor. We aim to express what knowledge means in the context of music teaching.

• We have combined skills and knowledge, since we consider that knowledge is not a solitary factor. We aim to express what knowledge means in the context of music teaching.

• We have combined musical and didactic knowledge and skills as the musical expertise is contextualised by teaching music.

Contribution to a more intensive round of deliberation and discussion on issues relating to the training of music teachers

• Contribution to a more intensive round of deliberation and discussion on issues relating to the training of music teachers

• Tool for the modification of curricula

• A highly representative document in terms of a European synopsis

• An open ended process

Discussion

• Discussion

• Integration

• Application

• Adaptation

• Unity AND diversity

Integration

• Integration

• The development of musical and artistic expertise can’t be seen as separate from didactic and pedagogical development.

Application

• Application

• Deciding which knowledge has to be learned derives from decisions about what is relevant and applicable.

Adaptation

• Adaptation

• Music teachers have to take into account the learners’ aims and interests instead of offering a prescribed curriculum.

Unity AND Diversity

• Unity AND Diversity

• The document emphasises the importance of Europe as a unity AND encourages diversity, i.e. to find ways suitable for individuals, institutions, regions etc.