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Informal Learning, Improvisation And Teacher Education, Ruth Wright, Panagiotis Kanellopoulos
Informal Learning, Improvisation And Teacher Education, Ruth Wright, Panagiotis Kanellopoulos
Ruth Wright Dr
This paper explores firstly the sense in which improvisation might be conceived of as an informal music education process and, secondly, the effects of a course in free improvisation on student teachers' perceptions in relation to themselves as musicians, music as a school subject and children as musicians. The results of a study conducted in two Greek universities are presented. Using a narrative methodology, examples of data from the reflective diaries or learning journals which 91 trainee teachers kept as part of their participation in an improvisation module are presented and discussed. The argument is made that improvisation, as a …