Higher education student learning beyond the classroom: findings from a community music service learning project in rural South Africa
| Autor: | Susan Harrop-Allin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Cooperative learning
05 social sciences Service-learning Educational technology 050301 education 06 humanities and the arts Open learning Experiential learning 060404 music Education Professional learning community Learning development Active learning Pedagogy ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION Mathematics education Sociology 0503 education 0604 arts Music |
| Zdroj: | Music Education Research. 19:231-251 |
| ISSN: | 1469-9893 1461-3808 |
| Popis: | Inspired by local arts community engagement initiatives and community music interventions internationally, Wits University (in Johannesburg, South Africa) developed a model of service learning that links the intentions, methodologies and purposes of these domains to promote student learning and benefit communities. This paper examines the quality and content of Community Music students’ learning in a pilot project located in Limpopo province in South Africa. Data from student focus groups and academic essays were analysed in terms of the discernible levels of students’ ‘academic, personal and civic learning’ [Ash, S. L., and P. H. Clayton. 2009. “Generating, Deepening, and Documenting Learning: The Power of Critical Reflection in Applied Learning.” Journal of Applied Learning in Higher Education 1: 25–48]. This critical reflection framework enabled students to articulate and deepen their learning, demonstrating their development in creative musical leadership and sense of social responsiveness and... |
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