eprintid: 10007382
rev_number: 23
eprint_status: archive
userid: 587
dir: disk0/00/00/73/82
datestamp: 2013-03-15 14:41:28
lastmod: 2017-12-07 21:17:16
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type: thesis
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Gaunt, Helena
title: Student and teacher perceptions of one-to-one instrumental and vocal tuition in a conservatoire
ispublished: unpub
divisions: B14
abstract: ABSTRACT
Little research has been undertaken in the area of one-to-one instrumental and vocal
teaching in Higher Education. For the most part the processes and techniques
involved have remained behind the closed doors of the teaching studio.
This thesis reports on research undertaken by an instrumental teacher in a
conservatoire, which aimed to develop understanding about the ways in which oneto-
one instrumental/vocal tuition is conceptualised in higher education, and effective
practices are perceived. An empirical phenomenological approach has been used to
analyse students' and teachers' perceptions articulated through interviews.
Findings demonstrated that teachers were conscious of the uniqueness of students'
needs in learning, but did not always adapt their teaching accordingly. Whilst they
were concerned to support their students, aspects of the teaching techniques which
they articulated did not provide a student-oriented learning environment, and in
many cases students showed little autonomy and responsibility for their own
learning. They identified a trust and dependency on their teacher for guidance as a
musician, often mirroring their teacher's views about the fundamental purposes and
processes involved in one-to-one tuition, even though teachers' views showed
considerable diversity. The one-to-one relationship between teacher and a student
clearly had a huge impact on their learning, in some cases constructive, in others
inhibiting.
These findings suggested that, given the long tradition of one-to-one instrumental
and vocal teaching at this level, extensive research needs to be done to compare the
benefits of one-to-one with other learning environments, and that schemes of
professional development for instrumental/vocal teachers should also be considered.
date: 2006
date_type: completed
official_url: http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.428158
oa_status: green
thesis_class: doctoral_open
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
full_text_status: restricted
pages: 338
institution: Institute of Education, University of London
thesis_type: Doctoral
citation:        Gaunt, Helena;      (2006)    Student and teacher perceptions of one-to-one instrumental and vocal tuition in a conservatoire.                   Doctoral thesis , Institute of Education, University of London.     Green open access   
 
document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10007382/7/Gaunt%2C%20Helena_Redacted.pdf
document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10007382/1/428158.pdf