Ethical considerations in Music Education: The professional development of guitar ensemble instructors for Singapore’s Ministry of Education (MOE) schools

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Gaspar
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Ethical Considerations

Integrating popular music into urban schools: Assessing the effectiveness of a comprehensive music teacher development program

2021 ◽  
pp. 025576142098622
Author(s):  
Hal Abeles ◽  
Lindsay Weiss-Tornatore ◽  
Bryan Powell
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
New York ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Popular Music ◽  
Teacher Development ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Music Teacher ◽  
School Year ◽  
Music Program ◽  
K 12

As popular music education programs become more common, it is essential to determine what kinds of professional development experiences that are designed to help teachers include popular music into their music education classrooms are effective—keeping in mind that the inclusion of popular music in K–12 classrooms requires a change not only in instrumentation and repertoire but also pedagogical approaches. This study examined the effects of a popular music professional development initiative on more than 600 New York City urban music teachers’ musicianship, their pedagogy, and their leadership skills throughout one school year. Results revealed increases in all three areas, most notably in teachers’ musicianship. The study also showed an increase in teachers’ positive perceptions about their music programs, specifically, their level of excitement about the state of their music program and that their music program was more effective at meeting their students’ needs than it had been previously.

Professional Development for the Experienced Music Educator: A Review of Recent Literature

2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 12-19
Author(s):  
Karen Koner ◽  
John Eros
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Music Teachers ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Music Educators ◽  
Initial Examination ◽  
Professional Development Needs ◽  
Emerging Themes ◽  
Teachers Professional Development ◽  
K 12

There is a rich body of literature on professional development in music education, including research that has examined the professional development needs of experienced music teachers specifically. In fact, music teachers’ professional development needs may be affected by their degree of experience in the profession. The purpose of this literature review is to examine scholarship during the period 2007 to 2017 about the professional development needs of experienced K–12 music educators. Initial examination of literature in this area shows two emerging themes, including changing needs throughout the career and informal interactions among music educators, being highly effective.

scholarly journals Opinions of school principals and teachers about teacher evaluation according to performance criteriaPerformans kriterlerine göre öğretmenlerin değerlendirilmesine ilişkin okul müdürü ve öğretmen görüşleri

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 1647 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ferudun Sezgin ◽  
Ayşe Tınmaz ◽  
Sezgin Tetik
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Performance Criteria ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this study was to examine the opinions of school principals and teachers about the new implication process which teachers are being evaluated by school principals according to performance criteria. Phenomenological study design was chosen in this qualitative research. Participants were selected according to maximum variation sampling which is one of the purposeful sampling methods. Data were collected from 11 school principals and 14 teachers via semi-structured interview forms in Tokat city center. Data were analyzed according to descriptive analyzing technique. According to the results obtained in the study, participants stated that the purpose of current performance evaluation is the evaluation of teachers and to support their professional development. About the new application’s access to the purposes, while many of the teachers reported that the system could not achieve its goals, most of the school principals stated that the system would reach the goals with some shortcomings. Participants criticized the system for fast coming up and implementation. Participants stated that school principals were not qualified for this system. The most important strength of the system was defined as the teacher’s close awareness of the school principals. According to teachers’ views about the weaknesses of the system; the impact of conflicts or prejudices affecting school, school principals’ failure to take into account the criteria list, the existence of biased behaviors, the fact that principals were not educated in supervision, erroneous or incomplete practices in branch-specific evaluations, the deterioration of organizational peace. The majority of school principals reported that the applied system could contribute to the professional development of teachers, while the majority of teachers thought that the system would make a limited contribution. A two-day seminar was held with the school principals while training for teachers was not arranged by the Ministry of Education prior to the performance evaluation process. In the study, some suggestions were also made regarding the development of the current practice and the assessment of teacher performance in Turkey.Extended English abstract is in the end of PDF (TURKISH) file. ÖzetBu çalışmanın amacı öğretmenlerin performans kriterlerine göre okul müdürleri tarafından değerlendirildiği yeni uygulama konusunda okul müdürleri ve öğretmenlerin görüşlerini ortaya koymaktır. Nitel araştırma yöntemine göre tasarlanan bu çalışmada olgu bilim deseni benimsenmiştir. Çalışmada katılımcılar amaçlı örnekleme yöntemlerinden maksimum çeşitlemeye göre oluşturulmuştur. Tokat il merkezinde görev yapmakta olan 11 okul müdürü ve 14 öğretmenle yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme formu kullanılarak veri toplanmıştır. Veriler betimsel analiz tekniğine göre çözümlenmiştir. Araştırmada elde edilen verilere göre katılımcılar mevcut performans değerlendirme uygulamasının amacının daha çok öğretmenlerin değerlendirilmesi ve mesleki gelişimlerini artırma olduğu yönünde görüş belirtmişlerdir. Yeni uygulamanın amacına ulaşabilmesine ilişkin öğretmenlerin çoğunluğu sistemin amacını gerçekleştiremeyeceğini düşünürken okul müdürlerinin çoğunluğu bazı eksiklikler belirtmekle birlikte sistemin amacına ulaşabileceğini ifade etmektedirler. Uygulanma süreciyle ilgili katılımcılar sistemin bir anda gündeme gelmesi ve uygulanmasını eleştirmektedir. Katılımcılar okul müdürlerinin bu konuda yeterli olmadığını düşünmektedir. Sisteminin en önemli güçlü yanının okul müdürünün öğretmeni yakından tanıması olduğu ifade edilmiştir. Sistemin zayıf yönleri ile ilgili olarak öğretmenler; okulda yaşanacak çatışmaların veya önyargıların değerlendirmeyi etkilemesi, okul müdürlerinin kriter listesini dikkate almaması, taraflı davranışların varlığı, müdürlerin denetim konusunda eğitimli olmamaları, branşa özgü değerlendirmelerde hatalı veya eksik uygulama, örgüt barışının bozulması şeklinde görüş belirtmişlerdir. Okul müdürlerinin çoğunluğu uygulanmakta olan sistemin öğretmenlerin mesleki gelişimine katkı sağlayacağını belirtirken öğretmenlerin çoğunluğu kısıtlı katkı sağlayacağını düşünmektedir. Performans değerlendirme süreci öncesinde Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı tarafından öğretmenlere yönelik bir eğitim düzenlenmezken, okul müdürlerine iki günlük bir seminer düzenlenmiştir. Çalışmada ayrıca mevcut uygulamanın geliştirilmesi ile ilgili ve Türkiye’de genel anlamda öğretmen performansının değerlendirilmesi ile ilgili olarak birtakım önerilerde bulunulmuştur.

scholarly journals PEDAGOGICAL CONCEPT OF THE CIVIL SECURITY SPECIALISTS’ ADVANCED TRAINING

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viktor Mykhailov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Training System ◽  
Advanced Training ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Job Functions ◽  
Main Components

In legal documents of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, there is emphasized the need to find ways to improve the level of professional knowledge, skills, abilities and new forms of training in educational establishments, which, in its turn, necessitates the transformation of training strategy. The need to respond to dangerous natural, human-made, anthropogenic, epidemiological and social factors requires highly qualified professionals ready to work in extreme conditions. Therefore, the importance of filling existing gaps in the theory and practice of vocational education determines the need for conceptual justification, development and testing of an improved pedagogical system of civil security professionals’ advanced training. The paper considers the theoretical foundations of the organization of advanced training of specialists in civil security, summarizes the main problems of professional development within the institutions and educational establishments. The content and features of their professional training in order to ensure the safety of people in emergencies is analyzed as well. It is found out that the readiness of civil security specialists to carry out their professional activities is an individual feature that includes professional motives, a set of special knowledge, skills and abilities of civil security professionals, which in integration ensure their ability to perform professional tasks and provide their further professional development. The author outlines the conceptual provisions for improving the advanced training of civil security professionals in institutions and educational establishments for the formation of positive motives for educational activities, the appropriate level of professional competence and approaching the ultimate goals of education. The content of the concept of specialists in civil security advanced training is determined (relevant methodological approaches, didactic principles, goals, objectives, pedagogical conditions are outlined as well). The purpose of forming the concept of advanced training of civil security specialists in postgraduate education should be directed towards the individual needs for personal and professional growth, as well as to meet the needs of the state in highly qualified and professional specialists capable of responsible performing of the job functions related to solving problems in order to ensure the safety of life and activities of people. The proposed conceptual framework helps identify the main components of the advanced training system for civil security professionals, resolving a number of contradictions, the main of which is the contradiction between the public demand for highly qualified professionals prepared for the challenges of modern society and the current training system which at present does not fully meet these requirements.

scholarly journals Body Politics: Positioning the Pregnant Researcher Amongst Asylum Seekers

2021 ◽  
pp. 29-38
Author(s):  
Ailbhe Kenny
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
Asylum Seeker ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Body Politic ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Body Politics ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Trust Relationships ◽  
The People ◽  
High Level

AbstractResearcher positionality has gained increased attention in recent years, and music education is following suit. Carrying out research that addresses diversity in music education demands a high level of reflexivity and a problematising of one’s own position as researcher. This chapter offers critical insights into the complexity of such a positioning and how research practices might reflect, confirm and/or disrupt the existing ‘body politic’ that our bodies signify. Researcher positionality is here examined in terms of pregnancy within a research project based at an asylum seeker accommodation centre. Applying a Butlerian lens to the examination, the chapter uncovers how the researcher’s pregnant body was ‘performed’ and became the main focus of ‘recognition’ amongst the people encountered at the centre. These processes of ‘performing’ and being ‘recognised’ as a ‘pregnant researcher’ manifested in various ways such as gaining access, credibility, trust, relationships, ethical considerations and power. Thus, the chapter opens a space to reflect critically on researcher positionality and specifically its influence on the research process in sites that seek to understand diversity in music education.

scholarly journals El lenguaje musical y las nuevas tecnologías en las enseñanzas profesionales de Música / The Musical Language and New Technologies in the Professional Music Education

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
María del Mar Bernabé Villodre
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Compulsory Education ◽  
Educational Experience ◽  
Training Needs ◽  
Musical Language ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Traditional Institution ◽  
Nuevas Tecnologías

ABSTRACTThe Ministry of Education of the Generalitat Valenciana has long been investing in digital renewing their classrooms; this has led to teachers having to amortize the investment without enough training to harness these resources. This communication includes an educational experience in the classroom Musical Language of Professional Music Education in a conservatory of Valencia. The process of adapting a more traditional institution (Conservatories of Music) in their pedagogy that compulsory education centers, is more complex than in these other institutions. In this communication the adaptation of teaching is shown to apply this new technology should facilitate both their work and learning this subject students Musical Language conservatory. The problems that led to the use of the whiteboard in this subject, in escasísima (if not null) tradition also show that all experiences are limited to Kindergarten, Primary and Secondary; as well as the training needs of teachers in the specialty of Musical Language to use this resource in their classes.RESUMENLa Consejería de Educación de la Generalidad Valenciana lleva muchos años invirtiendo en la renovación digital de sus aulas; lo que ha llevado a que el profesorado tenga que amortizar dicha inversión sin formación suficiente para aprovechar dichos recursos. Esta comunicación recoge una experiencia educativa en el aula de Lenguaje Musical de las Enseñanzas Profesionales de Música, en un conservatorio de la Comunidad Valenciana. El proceso de adaptación de una institución más tradicionalista (conservatorios de Música) en cuanto a su pedagogía que los centros de educación obligato-ria, es más complejo que en estas otras instituciones. En esta comunicación se muestra el proceso de adaptación del docente para poder aplicar esta nueva tecnología que debía facilitar tanto su labor como el aprendizaje de esta materia a los estu-diantes de Lenguaje Musical del conservatorio. También, se muestran los problemas que supuso el uso de la pizarra digital en esta asignatura, de escasísima (cuando no nula) tradición porque todas las experiencias se limitan a Infantil, Primaria y Secundaria; así como las necesidades formativas de los docentes de la especialidad de Lenguaje Musical para poder utilizar este recurso en sus clases. Contacto principal: [email protected]

Humanizing the Intellectual Capital to Optimize Knowledge Management Systems in Organizations

2020 ◽  
pp. 266-285
Author(s):  
Shafiz Affendi Mohd Yusof ◽  
Sendeyah Salem Rahmah AlHantoobi ◽  
Kiren Jackie
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Human Mind ◽  
Continuous Professional Development ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Direct Observations ◽  
Federal Organization ◽  
Different Dimensions

This chapter identifies the best way to measure, develop, and manage intellectual capital as part of knowledge management. The Ministry of Education is a federal organization whose environment has been studied in all aspects of intellectual capital to identify its model, methods, and tools for measuring, developing, and managing intellectual capital. The qualitative method was used to collect results, encompassing interviews, document reviews, direct observations, and focus groups. It was concluded that there is genuine interest within the ministry to develop its intellectual capital and invest in its different dimensions. The chapter offered several contributions, the most important being the process for measuring, developing, and managing of intellectual capital. It also recommends a sustainable and continuous professional development process for employees. Institutions must also pay attention to the knowledge, skills, and innovations derived from the human mind and harness all the supporting potential, which in turn helps develop institutional administrative work.

An Exploration of Reflective Dialogue between Student Teachers in Music and Their Cooperating Teachers

2007 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Frey Stegman
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Cooperating Teachers ◽  
Experienced Teachers ◽  
University Supervisors ◽  
Reflective Dialogue

The purpose of this study was to explore the content of reflective dialogues between student teachers in music and their cooperating teachers, as well as to understand the effects of reflective dialogue on professional development. I was guided in this analysis of 49 transcriptions of interviews and reflective dialogues between student teachers and their cooperating teachers by classifications and terminology from previous research. I identified patterns and found that student teachers reflect most frequently on technical, clinical, and personal issues; critical topics were less frequently discussed. From this analysis, I highlighted the process and benefits of reflective dialogues with experienced teachers and offered approaches for cooperating teachers and university supervisors in music education.

Support for Music Education: A Case Study of Issues Concerning Teacher Retention and Attrition

2002 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clifford K. Madsen ◽  
Carl B. Hancock
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Teacher Retention ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Administrative Support ◽  
Average Rate ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
College Level ◽  
Retention And Attrition ◽  
Time Specific ◽  
Teacher Retention And Attrition

This study is an investigation of several issues relating to teacher retention and attrition. In the spring of 1995, a questionnaire was sent to 225 certified teachers who had all finished a BME during the past 10 years and graduated from the same university. Results indicated that of the senders of 137 returned responses, 24 (17.5%) had chosen not to teach at that time. Specific questions concerned demographic data including years of teaching, area of specialization, amount of professional development, and especially the degree of perceived support received from administration, school, and parents. Retention of this same sample was investigated 6 years later, indicating that 34.4% of the individuals were no longer teaching at the K-college level, well below the average rate of attrition for teachers in other subject areas. Music teachers remaining in the field in 2001 held more positions prior to 1995 than those no longer teaching and regularly participated in professional development activities. Subjects' comments revealed that personal reasons and administrative support concerns were given as the primary rationale for discontent with the education profession. Analysis of gender patterns revealed that women and men leave the profession at different times during the first 10 years of their careers. Implications for teacher training as well as areas of further research are discussed.

scholarly journals THE TEACHERS’ KNOWLEDGE ABOUT NEW PRESCHOOL CURRICULUM

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (38) ◽  
pp. 01-12
Author(s):  
Abdul Halim Masnan ◽  
Muhammad Haziq Mohd Sharif ◽  
Masayu Dzainuddin ◽  
Hafsah Taha ◽  
Mohd Mokhzani Ibrahim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Kindergarten Teachers ◽  
Experienced Teachers ◽  
Good Knowledge ◽  
Years Of Experience ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Preschool Curriculum ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
High Level

The new preschool curriculum in Malaysia is known as the National Preschool Standard-Based Curriculum (NPSC) (Revised 2017) requires knowledgeable, well-skilled and more experienced teachers in its implementation. This study aimed to identify the teachers’ level of knowledge about the new preschool curriculum from the private sector. A total of 269 private kindergarten teachers in a Selangor district were randomly selected as respondents. They were asked to respond to the questionnaire and the data collected were then analysed descriptively. Overall findings showed that the majority of those private kindergarten teachers had a High Level of knowledge about the new preschool curriculum. The demographic details also revealed that the majority of private kindergarten teachers had more years of experience, but half of them did not have any professional qualifications and not involved in professional development. In conclusion, these findings explained that though half of the private kindergarten teachers do not meet the professional criteria, they have good knowledge of NPSC (Revised 2017). This study has suggested that further research relating to the preschool curriculum is needed and provides supportive information to the Ministry of Education (MOE) and local private kindergartens.

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