Assessing complexity. Group composing for a secondary school qualification

Autor: Vicki Thorpe
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: British Journal of Music Education. 34:305-320
ISSN: 1469-2104
0265-0517
DOI: 10.1017/s0265051717000092
Popis: This article examines a unique music curriculum and assessment environment through the findings of a practical action research project carried out in secondary schools. I address two current international educational issues: the relationship between formal and informal learning in music, and how individuals’ contributions in collaborative groups might be summatively assessed. Following this I present a model of group composing and explain how it was used as a pedagogical tool in secondary music classrooms. The purpose of this was to help students and their teacher to conceptualise collaborative composing, thereby leading to a clearer understanding and more valid assessment of the processes in which they were engaged.
Databáze: OpenAIRE