2019 – 2022
September 16, 2021, the FUTURED project hosted an online webinar for music education researchers, educators, preservice teachers, teachers in school and others concerned about the future for music teacher education. The aim was to initiate a research-based discussion about development and change. The webinar was organized in collaboration with the Department of Arts Education (Western Norway University … Read more
In September, the FUTURED project will arrange an online webinar in collaboration with the Department of Arts Education (Western Norway University of Applied Education), Oslo Metropolitan University and The National Centre for Arts and Culture in Education. We aim at bringing together researchers, teachers, educators, students and others interested in music teacher education to initiate … Read more
This spring, the FUTURED researchers and the Scientific Advisory Board have met online to present, discuss and reflect together on important issues regarding each study, work packages and the overall project. Each meeting had its own focus, where the work package leaders, researchers, guest researchers and scientific advisory board members shared development from the studies, … Read more
On the 2 of June, 2021, FUTUREDs` Ph.D.-candidate Eyolf Nysæther had his midway evaluation. Eyolf is a part of the first work package in the project (WP1), with an overall aim of mapping the current situation within music teacher education, and his Ph.D.-project is a mixed-method study in the 5-year General Teacher Education (GTE) with … Read more
Late April 2021, FUTURED researchers Bendik Fredriksen and Hanne Rinholm presented results from their ongoing study at the third biannual music education conference in Kampala, Uganda. The conference is part of an ongoing international collaboration project between the music departments at OsloMet and Kyambogo University in Kampala. Due to the pandemic, the conference was held … Read more
The week after Easter, several of the FUTURED researchers’ schedules were filled up with The Twelfth International Research in Music Education Conference (RiME2021). This year’s conference was planned to take place at the Royal College of Music in London. Because of the COVID-19-situation we were only able to meet our dearly missed colleagues worldwide in … Read more
Øystein Kvinge is Associate Professor in music at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. In this post, you will get to know him and his recent work, as a teacher educator, researcher and performing artist. Happy easter to all of our readers, hope you are safe and well! Hello, I am Øystein Kvinge At … Read more
Jon Helge Sætre is Associate Professor in music education at the Norwegian Academy of Music (NMH). He is also the director of CEMPE, the NMH Centre for Excellence in Music Performance Education. Jon Helge worked as a teacher educator for many years at Oslo Metropolitan University, and he has a background as a performing musician … Read more
Early March 2021, the Nordic Network for Research in Music Education (NNRME) arranged an online virtual conference. The conference was hosted by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and the theme was Qualities in Music Education Practice and Research. Three important topics were raised by prominent researchers in our field. First, Professor Monica Lindgren, … Read more
This text is written by Professor Kari Holdhus, who is a researcher in the FUTURED WP3. She introduced the topic of relational pedagogy to the FUTURED #TextImmersion group, which led to this blog post. Relational educators often approve of thoughts stemming from psychologist Kenneth Gergen’s 2009 book Relational Being, of which he writes: After placing … Read more