How Much Professional Development Is Enough? Meeting the Needs of Independent Music Teachers Learning to Use a Digital Tool

Autor/inn/en	Upitis, Rena; Brook, Julia
Titel	How Much Professional Development Is Enough? Meeting the Needs of Independent Music Teachers Learning to Use a Digital Tool
Quelle	In: International Journal of Music Education, 35 (2017) 1, S.93-106 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0255-7614
DOI	10.1177/0255761415619426
Schlagwörter	Music Teachers; Faculty Development; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Teaching Methods; Interviews; Web Based Instruction; Program Development; Workshops; Electronic Mail; Coaching (Performance); Mentors; Focus Groups; Online Surveys; Attitude Measures; Program Effectiveness; Qualitative Research; Observation; Foreign Countries; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Music; Teacher; Teachers; Musiklehrer; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Web Based Training; Programmplanung; Lernwerkstatt; Schulung; Elektronischer Briefkasten; Qualitative Forschung; Beobachtung; Ausland; Kanada
Abstract	Even though there are demonstrated benefits of using online tools to support student musicians, there is a persistent challenge of providing sufficient and effective professional development for independent music teachers to use such tools successfully. This paper describes several methods for helping teachers use an online tool called iSCORE, including embedded online support, targeted email messages, webinars, and face-to-face workshops. Using contemporary frameworks for characterizing continuing professional development, the success of each of these teaching approaches, separately and in combination, is considered through an examination of teacher feedback, uptake of the tool by students, and the interview data from an advisory board made up of teachers, educators, software designers and developers, publishers, and business leaders. Inherent tensions and difficulties in designing appropriate professional development are discussed. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01