The Urgent Need for Career Preview: Student Expectations and Graduate Realities in Music and Dance

Autor/inn/en	Bennett, Dawn; Bridgstock, Ruth
Titel	The Urgent Need for Career Preview: Student Expectations and Graduate Realities in Music and Dance
Quelle	In: International Journal of Music Education, 33 (2015) 3, S.263-277 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0255-7614
DOI	10.1177/0255761414558653
Schlagwörter	Music Education; Dance Education; Educational Practices; Cohort Analysis; Graduate Students; Graduate Surveys; College Outcomes Assessment; Student Educational Objectives; Career Development; Employment Opportunities; Employment Potential; Professional Identity; Student Surveys; Profiles; Comparative Analysis; Foreign Countries; Phenomenology; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Musikerziehung; Dance; Education; Tanzerziehung; Bildungspraxis; Kohortenanalyse; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Berufsentwicklung; Berufschance; Beschäftigungschance; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Schülerbefragung; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Ausland; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Australien
Abstract	Unlike the work available in many creative disciplines, musicians and dancers have the possibility of company-based employment; however, participants outweigh the number of positions. As a result, many graduates become "enforced entrepreneurs" as they shape their work to meet personal and professional needs. The similarities between initial music and dance careers offer opportunities for research across both. This article explores the career projections of 58 music and dance students who were surveyed in their first week of post-secondary study. It contrasts these findings with the reality of graduate careers as reported by five of that cohort four years later. In contrast with the students' focus on performance roles, the graduate cohort reported a prevalence of portfolio careers incorporating both creative and non-creative roles. The paper characterizes the notion of a performing arts "career" as a messy concept fraught with misunderstanding. Implications include the need to heighten students' career awareness and position intrinsic satisfaction as a valued career concept. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01