2022-07-18, Bächlin, Elina, Imthurn, Gabriel

There are several hurdles to overcome during adolescent voice change that affect self-concept and self-efficacy and go beyond feedback on singing performance or ear training. In the presentation, two examples of singing lessons will be outlined, following the concept of ‘possible selves’ (Markus & Nurius, 1986) that Freer (2015) proposes for working with boys during voice change. The two modules are part of a learning environment based on the narrative of a city that students inhabit, explore, and take ownership of through their learning activities with an avatar, with the city itself evolving as more modules are developed.

2020, Imthurn, Gabriel, Brophy, Timothy, Haning, Marshall

Although singing has long been the most important part of general music education in Switzerland, there are big differences in the quality of music teaching at the lower secondary school. The basic voice check was conceived as a diagnostic assessment tool to initiate a teaching development that also takes up self-acting and cooperative forms of teaching in singing lessons in order to counteract a didactic monoculture. The aim of the test is to gather basic information on the development of the voice of young people. A first form of the test was performed in different classes. The evaluation showed that an application of the basic voice check with the whole class was not effective, as many students showed hardly any abnormalities and there was a lack of a common language and the necessary know-how among teachers, which made a revision of the concept unavoidable. In the second part of the text I will describe how a browser-based test system is to be created which, on the one hand, enables direct and individual feedback in the browser in order to make the students independent and enable self-directed learning, and, on the other hand, provides data in the form of audio recordings for feedback from peers and teachers. The necessary know-how for the teachers must then be presented on the platform with examples, which will hopefully lead to a common language for the voice development at the lower secondary school.

2022-07-18, Imthurn, Gabriel

The presentation will introduce an interview study among German-speaking music teachers that explores their perspectives on singing instruction. Earl's (2013) concept of assessment for, as, and of learning is used as the focus of inquiry to examine the collected data on singing instruction. In addition, poorly received studies from the English-speaking area (Cooksey, 2000; Ashley, 2015; Gackle, 2019; Welch, 2019; Harrison & Williams, 2019; Freer, 2020) are used to frame the central challenge of singing at the lower secondary school.

2020-01-18, Imthurn, Gabriel

Das Beurteilen von Gesang auf der Sekundarstufe 1 wird meist noch als "Vorsingen" durchgeführt. Im Referat wird ein Gegenentwurf vorgestellt, welcher einen ganzheitlichen Assessment-Prozess von der Diagnose, über die Förderung bis zur Beurteilung des Singens zum Ziel hat. Dabei soll nicht nur die stimmliche Herausforderung der Pubertät in den Blick genommen werden, sondern auch die damit verbundene Persönlichkeitsentwicklung. Die während des Unterrichts entstehenden Resultate (Aufnahmen, Reflexionen) werden in einem Portfolio verarbeitet und dienen als Beleg der Leistung.