Developing Tools For Supporting Music Instrument Studies: Model For Reflection

Abstract

Contemporary pedagogies of musical instruments stress the importance of active and reflective learning (Brown 2008, Scott 2011. However, a model for supporting students' reflection in this context is currently missing. The aim of the study is to develop and validate a model for supporting music students' reflection processes in the context of music instrument studies. The model identifies the processes of reflection and specifies, based on the challenges of each process, how to support reflection in this context. Expert validation of the model was carried out through focus group interviews with twelve instrument teachers in three different institutes in Estonia. Findings suggest that with minor modifications, the model, developed based on the findings of supporting reflection in various contexts of higher education, is suitable for the context of music instrument studies.