Musical communication and children's communities of musical practice
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This chapter explores the notion of a ‘community of practice’ in relation to children's music-making in informal settings. It illustrates recent research in children's communication of musical practice that investigates the communicative processes that hold between persons and practices in these communities, and the nature of musical engagement in these settings.
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Conceptualising children's music groups as communities of musical practice may help diminish the hierarchical power dynamics traditionally associated with teacher-led instruction, redistributing agency to pupils and lightening the weight of the teacher's responsibility for the lesson.
“Conceptualising children's music groups as communities of musical practice may help diminish the hierarchical power dynamics traditionally associated with teacher-led instruction, redistributing agency to pupils and lightening the weight of the teacher's responsibility for the lesson.”
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Knutsson, I. (2026) · Music Education Research · doi:10.1080/14613808.2025.2573105 · Cited by 1 · see citing works
- Authors
- Barrett, M. S.
- Affiliations
- University of Tasmania (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Barrett, Margaret S.
- ORCID
- Barrett, Margaret S.
- Venue
- Musical Communication
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2005-07-14
- Pages
- 261-280
- OpenAlex
- W47743878
- Cited by
- 70
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 62.03
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Oxford University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Music › Diverse Music Education Insights
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Music › Musicology and Musical Analysis
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Music › Music History and Culture
- Keywords
- communities of practice, children's music making, musical communication, informal music learning, music engagement
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