For music educators the continued mandate for inclusion has accentuated the importance of being able to instruct students with a wide variety of learning differences. Even so, music educators have expressed frustration with a potential lack of competencies and resources related to teaching students with disabilities. The purpose of this study was…

This article provides a counterstory to damaging, dominant narratives concerning migrant experiences and border crossings. Through counter-storytelling, I share Rey's lived experiences as a transfronterizx (transborder) student who crossed the United States--Mexico border daily to attend school and eventually, participate in school music. The…

The purpose of this study was to examine K-12 music teachers' beliefs pertaining to classroom management after the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants consisted of 567 K-12 music teachers currently teaching within the United States. They responded to a modified version of the "Classroom Management Beliefs Survey" developed by Kwok (2021).…

Self-determination theory is a large-scale theory of human motivation that originated from research on intrinsic and extrinsic motivations and expanded to include research on work, organizations, and other domains of life (Deci et al., 2017). The three tenets of self-determination theory include: autonomy, competence, and relatedness. The purpose…

This study focuses on the innovative strategies that tertiary music teachers (specialist music teachers and experts) employ to help musically-challenged students. Those who have trouble with rhythm, tonal acuity, music theory, and musical aptitude are operationally referred to as musically-challenged. Ten participants were selected through…

Curriculum design is a domain that infrequently forms a discrete element of initial teacher training, or continuing professional development for music teachers in English secondary schools. Classroom music teachers, teaching Key Stage 3 (KS3) learners (11-14-year olds), are, however, required to design their own curriculum. Teachers are…

The aim of this research is to determine the perceptions of music teachers about their technological competencies. For this purpose, it was aimed to determine what the pre-service teachers' views on their technological proficiency levels were and whether these views differed based on the variables of gender, age, school type, and grade level. Data…

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of focus of attention instructions (i.e. focus on the solo, accompaniment, or collaboration) on listeners' performance evaluations. Participants (N = 159) were inservice band directors who listened to and evaluated the accuracy and expressivity of four excerpts of Haydn's "Concerto for…

The purpose of this quantitative descriptive study was to examine personal and professional self-care practices reported by K-12 music teachers while also exploring the relationships between self-care and age, gender, years of experience, and several other contextual variables. The research team designed an instrument, based on a previous measure…

Musical giftedness can manifest in many ways, and music teachers should be able to identify high musical potential beyond the demonstration of instrumental skill or musical knowledge. It is important to have a multi-faceted approach to the education of musically gifted students, particularly in the senior secondary years when students are…

Contribution: This single case study represents a unique attempt to examine a music teacher's experiences as he took on the challenge of teaching a high school level engineering course. The study contributes to the growing body of research and conversations around science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) versus non-STEM beliefs,…

In the spring of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic moved American schools to a distance learning modality for the duration of the school year. In an effort to document, examine, and learn from the various "stages" of this pandemic, the purpose of this paper was to describe the spring 2020 move to distance learning and how the policies put in…

Today, in higher artistic and artistic-pedagogical educational institutions, emphasis is placed on the formation of the technological culture of future music teachers through the application of innovative technologies in vocal education. In higher artistic and artistic-pedagogical educational institutions, special attention is paid to the…

Based on narratives on six choral conductors' unfolding careers, the article investigates significant moments in professional trajectories -- "turning points" -- and how these shaped ongoing practices. The empirical material comprises interviews with conductors that represent different pre-conducting platforms -- musicologist, music…

This study explores music teachers' beliefs of student agency in whole-class playing and investigates what characterises student agency through teachers' values, actions and observations within this unique multimodal and -dimensional learning environment. Our abductive analysis of 11 interviews reveals that the role of teacher support is…