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Models of teaching and learning identified in Whole Class Ensemble Tuition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 October 2019

Martin Fautley ,
Victoria Kinsella  and
Adam Whittaker
Martin Fautley*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Health, Education, and Life Science, Birmingham City University, Westbourne Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 3TN, UK
Victoria Kinsella
Affiliation:
Faculty of Health, Education, and Life Science, Birmingham City University, Westbourne Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 3TN, UK
Adam Whittaker
Affiliation:
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham City University, 200 Jennens Road, Birmingham B4 7XR, UK
*
Corresponding author. Email: Martin.Fautley@bcu.ac.uk
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Abstract

The Whole Class Ensemble Tuition (WCET) is a model of teaching and learning music which takes place in many English primary schools. It is a relative newcomer to music pedagogy in the primary school. In the groundbreaking study reported in this paper, two new models of teaching and learning music are proposed. These are (a) Music education starts with the instrument and (b) Music education takes place via the instrument. Conceptualised descriptions of classroom music pedagogies are not commonplace, and so this paper makes a significant contribution to the music education research literature by delineating, describing and labelling two of these with reference to the WCET programme. These distinctions are of international significance and are useful to describe differences between programmes, which constitutes a major contribution to music curricula discussions. The paper concludes that clarity on the purposes of teaching and learning is fundamental to effective musical pedagogy and that this is a matter that education systems worldwide should be considering.

Keywords

Classroom musiccurriculumEnglandprimary schoolsWhole Class Ensemble Tuition (WCET)
Type
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British Journal of Music Education , Volume 36 , Issue 3 , November 2019 , pp. 243 - 252
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© Cambridge University Press 2019 

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