Music Teachers' Values and Beliefs

In Music Teachers' Values and Beliefs, Dwyer investigates the relationships between teachers, learners and music in music classrooms. Using Bourdieu's concepts of habitus and doxa as an interpretive lens, the book explores the values and beliefs of four music teachers, depicted in richly detailed narratives.

Author: Rachael Dwyer
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 02/07/2019
Pages: 164
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.35d
ISBN: 9780367229320

About the Author
Rachael Dwyer is a musician, teacher and researcher, with her interests including music teacher education, sociology of music education, research education and narrative inquiry. She spent a number of years as a music specialist teacher in primary and secondary schools prior to completing her doctoral studies at the University of Queensland, Australia. Rachael's doctoral research sought to investigate how music teachers' values and beliefs about music and music education are enacted in practice and how these beliefs are socially and culturally shaped. Rachael is currently a research fellow at the Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University.