Assessment of singing in the lower secondary school – a qualitative interview study

Abstract

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.