Choral Music Educators' Perceptions of Being "Ready to Teach"

• In Event: Sheraton Roundtable Session Eight
  In Roundtable Session: Exploring Issues in Music Education (Table 13)

Abstract

This presentation examines what secondary choral music educators perceive as necessary curricular material in pre-service choral methods courses that prepare music teacher candidates to be ready to teach. The research questions guiding this study were: What are the beliefs and perceptions of those already in the field—practicing teachers—of what it means to be ready to teach? And, what do they deem essential topics to cover in a music methods course in order to be ready to teach?

Authors

• Cara Bernard, University of Connecticut
  Presenting Author

• Nicholas McBride, The College of New Jersey
  Presenting Author