Teacher Education as Identity Construction. Music [microform] : A Case Study / Brian Roberts
- Bib ID:
- 5527247
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Roberts, Brian
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED328531
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1990
- 25 p.
- Summary:
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Music education students appear to acquire an identity as a "musician" which they seem to construct as having the core meaning "performer." This paper addresses the question of the individual student's search for a clear identity in the dichotomy between the concept of "teacher" and that of "musician." The paper is based on a qualitative research initiative with data coming from participant observation and interviews with music education students in five Canadian universities over a period of 18 months. There is widespread disagreement about the nature of the "musician" who eventually ends up as a teacher in front of children in the schools. Interviews with music education students reveal a difficulty in clarifying their roles as "performer,""musician," and "teacher." These students typically view themselves as either a "performer" on some specific instrument or as a general "musician." It appears that this latter category is the perception of self for students who see themselves less able to compete for the "performer" status. Despite the fact that all of these students are training to become teachers, they see themselves not as teacher candidates but as musicians. (JD)
- Notes:
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- ERIC Note: An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Conference of Atlantic Educators (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1990).
- Educational level discussed: Higher Education.
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- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
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- Foreign Countries
- Higher Education
- Identification (Psychology)
- Music Education
- Music Teachers
- Preservice Teacher Education
- Role Conflict
- Role Perception
- Self Esteem
- Dalhousie University (Nova Scotia) Memorial University of Newfoundland (Canada) University of Alberta (Canada) University of British Columbia (Canada) University of Western Ontario (Canada)
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- ERIC
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1990
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