Analysis of constructive practice in instrumental music education : Case study with an expert cello teacher

Abstract

A case study was conducted on an expert cello teacher and a 7-year-old student, to analyze the relationships between the teacher's constructive conceptions and instructional practices, by means of the System for Analyzing the Practice of Instrumental Lessons. This article describes a constructive teaching model based on: (a) the student's learning processes, (b) fostering conditions that enable learning and (c) achieving long-lasting learning outcomes which are student-driven and applicable to other situations. Results suggest that many of this teacher's practices reflect the constructive profile to which her conceptions are associated.