TY - JOUR

T1 - Opening Minds

T2 - Style Copies as Didactical Initiators

AU - Ahlers, Michael

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2015 IASPM.

PY - 2015/5/20

Y1 - 2015/5/20

N2 - First, a general overview of the German institutional music teaching system is given, and pedagogical history and recent developments are described. After that the special situation and needs of higher education are illustrated. The article proposes alternating phases of analysis and re-production of popular music as a reasonable way to introduce new students to their first year of studies. Using the hermeneutical helix as one basic idea, and the idea of style copies as a second, it can be shown that this works quite well. Students trained within such a framework are highly motivated, use both informal and formal learning strategies, and reflect on the processes, their groups, and their personal development. The argument is supported by data derived from a five-year study of written material.

AB - First, a general overview of the German institutional music teaching system is given, and pedagogical history and recent developments are described. After that the special situation and needs of higher education are illustrated. The article proposes alternating phases of analysis and re-production of popular music as a reasonable way to introduce new students to their first year of studies. Using the hermeneutical helix as one basic idea, and the idea of style copies as a second, it can be shown that this works quite well. Students trained within such a framework are highly motivated, use both informal and formal learning strategies, and reflect on the processes, their groups, and their personal development. The argument is supported by data derived from a five-year study of written material.

KW - Music education

KW - Didactics/teaching methodology

KW - Cultural studies

KW - Evaluation

KW - Hermeneutics

KW - History of popular music education in Germany

KW - Informal learning

KW - Learner-centred design

KW - Problem-based-learning

KW - Style copy

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85015038937&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.5429/2079-3871(2015)v5i1.11en

DO - 10.5429/2079-3871(2015)v5i1.11en

M3 - Scientific review articles

VL - 5

SP - 181

EP - 194

JO - Journal of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music

JF - Journal of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music

SN - 2079-3871

IS - 1

ER -