Systematic Research in Studio Instruction in Music

Abstract

Abstract In his 1985 study Developing Talent in Young People, Benjamin Bloom identified one-on-one instruction as a particularly effective instructional context that is found across several disciplines. Results from his study suggested that the private music studio might be a fascinating laboratory for the study of teaching and learning. The importance of this study was that educational researchers began to take notice of this special context, which previously had been considered a deviant educational tradition (Schon, 1983) and outside the bounds of traditional educational research. There is a growing professional interest in applying the tools of systematic research to the context of studio instruction in music education research. Madsen (1985) and Yarbrough (1996) identified the potential of this research area. A special issue of the Quarterly Journal of Music Teaching and Learning, edited by Manny Brand (1992), was dedicated to studio instruction. The report of research that follows represents the work of a growing number of individuals who have found studio instruction a compelling area of investigation even though it presents a special research challenge: Within this simple expert-novice dyad is a complex world of human cultural evolution, including the use of language, symbol systems, tools, and many aspects of human psychology.

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