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In this episode, Patrick discusses music education and research with Mark Aitchison and a panel of academics introducing a new edition of a key teaching resource.

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 130, Patrick chats to Mark Aitchison about his PhD, which focuses on Key Stage 3 music, and Mark asks for teachers’ assistance with a Year 8 Research Project. Plus, music education academics Anthony Anderson, Carolyn Cooke, Victoria Kinsella and Elizabeth MacGregor introduce the new edition of the seminal book, ‘Learning to Teach Music in the Secondary School’, discussing the huge amount of change in music education since the previous edition in 2016, challen...

People in this episode

Host: Patrick

Guests: Mark Aitchison, Dr Carolyn Cooke, Dr Victoria Kinsella, Dr Elizabeth MacGregor, Dr Anthony Anderson

Topics covered

• music education
• PhD research
• secondary school teaching
• Key Stage 3
• curriculum changes

Keywords

• music education
• Key Stage 3
• Year 8 Research Project
• Learning to Teach Music
• secondary school

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Music Teachers Association

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