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Publication Date: 2014
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A View of Current Evaluative Practices in Instrumental Music Teacher Education
Peterson, Amber Dahlén
Arts Education Policy Review, v115 n4 p121-130 2014
The purpose of this study was to examine how instrumental music educator skills are being evaluated in current undergraduate programs. While accrediting organizations mandate certain elements of these programs, they provide limited guidance on what evaluative approaches should be used. Instrumental music teacher educators in the College Music Society (n = 303) supplied data about their respective programs through an online survey. Participants reported using written and verbal feedback, self-evaluation, and rubrics most frequently. Similar evaluation processes used across program courses or experiences, such as rubrics and ePortfolios, were described by 35 percent of the music teacher educators. Most programs culminated in a semester-long student teaching period, during which preservice teachers were observed and evaluated by university supervisors three to four times. Weak correlations were indicated between some evaluative practices and music teacher educators' expectations for program graduates' music educator skills. Implications for music teacher education programs and suggestions for establishing evaluation policies are discussed.
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Music Teachers, Musical Instruments, Teaching Skills, Student Evaluation, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Educators, Online Surveys, Teacher Education Programs, Accreditation (Institutions), Undergraduate Study, Evaluation Methods, Student Teacher Evaluation, Correlation, Expectation
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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