‘If you’re a teacher, you’re a failed musician’: exploring hegemony in a UK conservatoire
Shaw, Luan (2023) ‘If you’re a teacher, you’re a failed musician’: exploring hegemony in a UK conservatoire. Research in Teacher Education. ISSN 2047-3818
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Abstract
Conservatoires offer intensive musical training with an emphasis on preparation for careers in performance. In contrast, instrumental teaching is often perceived as a second-class profession or a ‘fall-back career’ (Bennett, 2012). A pilot study undertaken at a UK conservatoire enabled a group of three final-year undergraduate music students to reflect on their personal learning trajectories via a questionnaire and a focus-group discussion. Taking into account their musical backgrounds and social influences both prior to and throughout their conservatoire training, participants revealed hegemonic attitudes around teaching as a potential career path that were culturally informed, but which appeared to evolve over time. The emerging themes: aspiration/prejudice, exploration/uncertainty and transformation/passion are considered together with Bourdieu’s interrelated theoretical concepts (habitus, capital and field) forming a developmental model.
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | conservatoire, instrumental teacher education, hegemony, music education workforce | ||||||
| Subjects: | CAH22 - education and teaching > CAH22-01 - education and teaching > CAH22-01-01 - education CAH22 - education and teaching > CAH22-01 - education and teaching > CAH22-01-02 - teacher training CAH25 - design, and creative and performing arts > CAH25-02 - performing arts > CAH25-02-02 - music |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts, Design and Media > Royal Birmingham Conservatoire > Royal Birmingham Conservatoire - Music | ||||||
| Depositing User: | Luan Shaw | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 05 Jun 2023 12:55 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 05 Jul 2023 12:23 | ||||||
| URI: | https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/14418 |
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