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Ida Knutsson

Ida Knutsson

Doctoral student

Ida Knutsson

Learning classical instruments in a group setting: Swedish art and music school teachers' strategies for collective and individual progression

Att lära sig klassiska orkesterinstrument i gruppundervisning: Svenska kultuskolelärares strategier för kollektiv och individuell progression

Author

  • Ida Knutsson

Summary, in English

For centuries, teaching classical instruments has exclusively relied on one-to-one tuition also when teaching young children. While this form of teaching has dominated Swedish Art and Music Schools (SAMS), lately there has been an increasing political, economic, and educational interest in group tuition. SAMS are publicly funded by the municipalities to be affordable also for children whose parents have limited economic resources. Since group teaching requires fewer teacher resources it may reduce the fee. However, teachers have raised concerns of how to make musical progress when teaching multiple students simultaneously. The aim of this article is to investigate how instrumental teachers teach in group lessons, and how they verbalise their actions. This qualitative, multiple methods study (stimulated recall, observations, and interviews) investigates teaching in an instrumental group through the theoretical framework Communities of Musical Practice. The results show that musical progression such as skills development and adding songs to the repertoire is made possible by extensive play and by applying different strategies to keep all students active during group lessons.

Department/s

  • Teachers (Malmö Academy of Music)

Publishing year

2023-12-01

Language

English

Pages

10-23

Publication/Series

Finnish Journal of Music Education

Volume

26

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Sibelius Academy

Topic

  • Music
  • Pedagogy

Keywords

  • instrumental music education
  • Swedish art and music school

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1239-3908