This article reports a study of the processes involved in the sudden adoption of Emergency Remote Teaching during the first lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal. After interviewing eleven instrumental and vocal teachers of the specialised Portuguese music education system, the results revealed four main themes that were addressed in their perception of the impact of ERT, namely: (i) adaptation proc...
Recent research in Music Education and Music Psychology has established important connections between music and children’s wellbeing (Hallam, 2015, 2016; Hallam, Creech & Varvarigou, 2017; Smith, 2021). Consequently, several researchers have highlighted the need to implement more inclusive and democratic practices in formal and non-formal educational contexts, involving all children in participatory and mea...
This workshop is based on the pilot project “Sound Hunters: Towards a Pedagogy based on Listening and Sound Exploration in Early Childhood”, that the authors are implementing in a non-formal educational context in Portugal. The workshop aims to sensitize participants to sound phenomena and discuss the meanings that are usually attributed to music and “music making”, by inviting participants to do a Sound...
This article reports a study of the processes involved in the sudden adoption of Emergency Remote Teaching during the first lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal. After interviewing eleven instrumental and vocal teachers of the specialised Portuguese music education system, the results revealed four main themes that were addressed in their perception of the impact of ERT, namely: (i) adaptation proc...
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In recent years, and in an attempt to move towards a more inclusive and democratic Music Education, some scholars have criticized hegemonic Eurocentric approaches to music teaching and learning, suggesting instead a departure from sound and sounding phenomena as larger categories that might incorporate children’s diverse trajectories and life experiences. Following this initial quest, in this paper we aim to in...
The relationship between musicians and recording engineers is fundamental to the success or failure of a recording project. Several anecdotal examples from well recognized to emergent musicians can be found in the history of the recording music industry, suggesting that an artistic project can hugely affect poor relationship between these two parts. Despite its importance, this topic has been scarcely debated i...
No sentido de um ensino ajustado às fnalidades e às metas preconizadas para o Ensino Básico torna-se fundamental uma seleção apropriada dos recursos didáticos a utilizar. Assim, pensou-se utilizar a canção como ferramenta pedagógica, tal como sugerido por vários pedagogos, tais como Willems, Kodály ou Suzuki, para a aprendizagem e desenvolvimento de competências musicais e técnicas do violoncelo, buscando assim...
No sentido de um ensino ajustado às fnalidades e às metas preconizadas para o Ensino Básico torna-se fundamental uma seleção apropriada dos recursos didáticos a utilizar. Assim, pensou-se utilizar a canção como ferramenta pedagógica, tal como sugerido por vários pedagogos, tais como Willems, Kodály ou Suzuki, para a aprendizagem e desenvolvimento de competências musicais e técnicas do violoncelo, buscando assim...