Orientation to Musical Pedagogy

Novice music teachers and music education students struggle to form an identity that synthesizes 'musician' with 'music teacher ' and to separate themselves from their prior experiences to think critically about music-making and music instruction. Throughout this text readers are encouraged<br>to both reject and reflect upon their prior experience and are provided with new frameworks of understanding about both music-making and music instruction as they form a new personal philosophy of musicianship and pedagogy. Ultimately the purpose of this text is to provide foundational knowledge<br>for subsequent learning as students become both musician and music pedagogue.