Celebrating the use of African music : change in motion Joseph, Dawn 2005, Celebrating the use of African music : change in motion, in Celebration of voices : XV national conference proceedings, Australian Society for Music Education Incorporated (ASME), Parkville, Vic, pp. 128-133. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads joseph-celebratingthe-2005.pdf Published version application/pdf 50.56KB 387 Title Celebrating the use of African music : change in motion Author(s) Joseph, Dawn orcid.org/0000-0002-6320-900X Conference name Australian Society for Music Education. National Conference (15th : 2005 : Melbourne) Conference location Melbourne, Vic Conference dates 3 - 7 July 2005 Title of proceedings Celebration of voices : XV national conference proceedings Editor(s) Forrest, David Lawrence Publication date 2005 Conference series Australian Society for Music Education Conference Start page 128 End page 133 Publisher Australian Society for Music Education Incorporated (ASME) Place of publication Parkville, Vic Keyword(s) Music -- Africa Music -- Instruction and study -- Australia Music in education -- Congresses Summary I undertook a research project regarding the use of African music at both primary and secondary school level with Victorian teachers in Melbourne in 2004. This study grew out of my first project, which examined the effectiveness of using African music with non-specialist primary teacher education students at Deakin University, Melbourne (see Joseph, 2002, 2003). In this paper the concept of 'change' in relation to teaching and learning is explored regarding practising teachers’ teaching and learning of African music in Australian schools. According to Campbell (2004), a guiding principle for shaping educational experiences designed to promote students’ musical and cultural understanding is for teachers to make music both meaningful and useful in their lives. She further contends that such an experience can 'come alive' for students if teachers promote active involvement for them as music listeners as well as makers of music. This paper discusses some of the findings in relation to why and how teachers are engaging with African music and what their students are learning from it. It may be argued that both students (Deakin University student project) and teachers (Victorian music project) perceived African music to be an effective way to transmit and engage with a 'new music and culture'. Notes Also Titled: Fifteenth national conference proceedings 15th national conference proceedings ISBN 0957741359 9780957741355 Language eng Field of Research 130201 Creative Arts, Media and Communication Curriculum and Pedagogy HERDC Research category E1 Full written paper - refereed ERA Research output type E Conference publication Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30005607 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Social and Cultural Studies in Education Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 11 Feb 2009, 15:24:25 EST Fri, 14 Aug 2009, 15:15:14 EST Fri, 18 Dec 2009, 10:35:05 EST Fri, 16 Apr 2010, 10:34:32 EST Fri, 16 Mar 2012, 15:22:53 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 06:16:28 EST Mon, 22 Jan 2018, 13:53:12 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 17:59:32 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1058 Abstract Views, 387 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 09:51:50 EST