Improvisation has long been regarded an integral element of artistic work, but has received less attention for ways it may inform education and learning. This dissertation explores understandings central to improvisation, interrogates how they are embodied in music (Western classical music, jazz and African drumming) and theatrical practices, and uses them to problematize values in curricular design and modes of classroom instruction. Improvisation is presented as a means of confronting indeterminacy and negotiating change, concepts that are discussed first in philosophical and anthropological contexts. These theoretical frameworks serve to foreground notions of performance and agency, particularly as they are actualized in creativity and p...
Previously, improvisation has served as a term for describing a quality of the action taking place i...
Improvisation is a phenomenon that is deeply embedded in the day-to-day lives of teachers and studen...
© 2012 Mark Fairlie DipnallImprovisation has been an integral component of music practice throughout...
In the growing field of research on improvisation, it is argued that improvisation should be at the ...
The main aim of this review article is to understand and discuss the concept of improvisation as a p...
In seeking to further exploration on the relationship between jazz improvisation and creativity, thi...
The teaching of music improvisation is commonly approached as the process of incorporating the vocab...
Improvisation is an articulated multidimensional activity based on an extemporaneous creative perfor...
This thesis explores the creative process of improvisation in music with a specific emphasis on inve...
Instrumental tuition has predominantly been conceptualized in terms of a masterapprentice model that...
This paper1 explores firstly the sense in which improvisation might be conceived of as an informal m...
My research thesis concerns the teaching and learning of improvisation in music, and consists of nin...
The adoption of pre-determined standards and objectives in curricular design has important implicati...
This paper explores firstly the sense in which improvisation might be conceived of as an informal mu...
This essay examines how jazz educators construct methods for teaching the art of improvisation in in...
Previously, improvisation has served as a term for describing a quality of the action taking place i...
Improvisation is a phenomenon that is deeply embedded in the day-to-day lives of teachers and studen...
© 2012 Mark Fairlie DipnallImprovisation has been an integral component of music practice throughout...
In the growing field of research on improvisation, it is argued that improvisation should be at the ...
The main aim of this review article is to understand and discuss the concept of improvisation as a p...
In seeking to further exploration on the relationship between jazz improvisation and creativity, thi...
The teaching of music improvisation is commonly approached as the process of incorporating the vocab...
Improvisation is an articulated multidimensional activity based on an extemporaneous creative perfor...
This thesis explores the creative process of improvisation in music with a specific emphasis on inve...
Instrumental tuition has predominantly been conceptualized in terms of a masterapprentice model that...
This paper1 explores firstly the sense in which improvisation might be conceived of as an informal m...
My research thesis concerns the teaching and learning of improvisation in music, and consists of nin...
The adoption of pre-determined standards and objectives in curricular design has important implicati...
This paper explores firstly the sense in which improvisation might be conceived of as an informal mu...
This essay examines how jazz educators construct methods for teaching the art of improvisation in in...
Previously, improvisation has served as a term for describing a quality of the action taking place i...
Improvisation is a phenomenon that is deeply embedded in the day-to-day lives of teachers and studen...
© 2012 Mark Fairlie DipnallImprovisation has been an integral component of music practice throughout...