An Interactive Ecosystem of Music Learning: Individual Learning in Small Group Contexts in a Music Classroom

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dc.contributor.advisorWiggins, Jacqueline H
dc.contributor.authorGrekin, Joshua David
dc.contributor.otherRicks-Doneen, Julie
dc.contributor.otherOden, Sherri L
dc.contributor.otherShambleau, Krista
dc.contributor.otherCarver, Cynthia
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-26T15:36:35Z
dc.date.available2022-07-26T15:36:35Z
dc.date.issued2022-03-17
dc.description.abstractIn this qualitative study, I explored the relationships between individual and group learning in the context of music ensembles in the classroom. I sought to understand how groups and individuals construct and develop identities and search for power in this context and how the self-esteem, efficacy, and productivity of groups and individuals may be related. As a teacher-researcher (Kincheloe, 2003) in an interactive, interconnected multi-age, constructivist learning environment (Brooks & Brooks, 2001; Fosnot, 1996; Wiggins, 2015) where learners and groups of learners were encouraged to share ideas and knowledge, I examined the musical community from multiple perspectives; focusing separately on the entire school community, small musical ensembles, and individual learners. The relationships among these perspectives, and the experiences of these individuals and groups were the primary focus of this study. Data consisted of extant videos, audio recordings, teacher observation notes, and informal interviews, and were analyzed through a process of identifying and categorizing emergent themes. The findings of this study enabled me to conceptualize the entire musical community at the school as a constantly evolving ecosystem in which every individual and group was influenced by the evolution of the entire ecosystem, and the evolution of the entire ecosystem was influenced by every individual and group. Through this lens, musical groups and musical communities are seen as cohesive and developing entities separate from, and interacting with the individuals who constitute them. Further, I found that ideas, understandings, resources, and innovations resided within the ecosystem and that a robust, multi-perspective awareness of the ecosystem, both in its entirety and of its individual parts, by the learners and music teacher, positively influenced self-efficacy, creativity, development, and growth.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10323/11978
dc.relation.departmentMusic, Theatre, and Dance
dc.subjectMusic education
dc.subjectEcosystem, instrumental
dc.subjectMusic education
dc.subjectPopular music
dc.subjectSchool music
dc.titleAn Interactive Ecosystem of Music Learning: Individual Learning in Small Group Contexts in a Music Classroom
dc.typeDissertation

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