Professional Need and the Contexts of In-Service Music Teacher Identity

Autor/in	Frierson-Campbell, Carol
Titel	Professional Need and the Contexts of In-Service Music Teacher Identity
Quelle	In: Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 3 (2004) 3, (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1545-4517
Schlagwörter	Urban Schools; Professional Development Schools; Music Education; Needs Assessment; Music Teachers; Teacher Characteristics; Inservice Teacher Education; Educational Needs; Inquiry; Context Effect; New Jersey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Musikerziehung; Bedarfsermittlung; Music; Teacher; Teachers; Musiklehrer; Lehrerfortbildung; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf
Abstract	Learning to negotiate the "personal war between oneself as a musician and as a teacher" is an important part of the identity construction of pre-service music educators. In this article, the author shares some preliminary findings from a study related to the needs of in-service music teachers. This study did not begin as a sociological inquiry; it began as a needs assessment for the purpose of creating a Professional Development School (PDS) partnership between a state university and the music teachers in three urban school districts in northern New Jersey. Three years of conversations about music teacher need uncovered issues related more to professional identity than to traditional professional development. Most current research related to the development of role identity in music educators focuses on the struggles faced by pre-service and novice music educators. This inquiry into in-service music teacher need suggests that the professional identity of music teachers continues to be unstable even after their initiation into the profession. This instability is characterized by a conflict between an idealized view of music education and the perception of how other educational professionals view the role of music in the school community. (Contains 8 tables.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	MayDay Group. Brandon University School of Music, 270 18th Street, Brandon, Manitoba R7A 6A9, Canada. Tel: 204-571-8990; Fax: 204-727-7318; Web site: http://act.maydaygroup.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10