We live in times when a row of factors influence music education. Among them, people’s most significant musical experiences are reported not to originate in music education at school ; and to an increasing degree, children ...

In this last chapter we will discuss some of our considerations about how the results of our single studies connect to the overarching research question: How can student music teachers’ learning, and the relevance of music ...

The current master’s programmes at the Norwegian Academy of Music (NMH) cover many subjects. The first programmes were introduced in the 1970s and included performance studies only. In the beginning of the 1980s, the Diploma ...

People live with war, threats of war, or repercussions of war in many parts of the world. Civil losses and injuries are extensive. Many of the countries and regions where conditions of war characterize people’s everyday ...

Hvordan kan talentopplæring i musikk legges opp innenfor grunnskolens rammer? I 2008 gikk Norges musikkhøgskole, Barratt Due musikkinstitutt, Oslo musikk- og kulturskole og Norsk kulturskoleråd sammen om rapporten Tid for ...

Relations between educational quality in music teacher education and students’ perceptions of identity. Six music education student focus groups of both sexes, with a minimum of two years seniority in Finland, Norway, ...

The increased attention towards educational quality in higher education is a global phenomenon. Quality agencies exist in almost every country and evaluations, subject assessments and audits proliferate. Among the concerns ...

This paper takes the relationship between the macro, meso and micro levels of society as its point of departure, with music teacher education as its case. The attention is directed towards how musical leadership, in this ...