WCET: what are the aims?

Whittaker, Adam and Fautley, Martin (2024) WCET: what are the aims? Music Teacher Magazine. ISSN 2632-8658

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Abstract

Under the first National Plan for Music Education, published in 2011, Whole Class Ensemble Teaching programmes proliferated across England, to the extent that there were over 700,000 children involved in learning to play an instrument through these. Variously described as ‘First Access’, ‘Wider Opportunities’, ‘WCET’ and ‘WCIT’, these programmes are characterised by a whole class of children learning to play the same instrument, or instruments from related families, at the same time. Usually these programmes are delivered by a music specialist teacher provided by a Music Education Hub.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Music Teacher, copyright © MA Education, after review and editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work, see https://musicteachermagazine.co.uk
Dates:	Date Event 15 April 2024 Accepted 1 May 2024 Published Online
Subjects:	CAH22 - education and teaching > CAH22-01 - education and teaching > CAH22-01-01 - education CAH25 - design, and creative and performing arts > CAH25-02 - performing arts > CAH25-02-02 - music
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts, Design and Media > Royal Birmingham Conservatoire > Royal Birmingham Conservatoire - Music Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences > College of Education and Social Work
Depositing User:	Martin Fautley
Date Deposited:	22 Apr 2024 13:58
Last Modified:	06 Jan 2025 15:00
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/15405

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