Teaching Living Legends Professional Development and Lessons for the

This book traces the research on the design, implementation and outcomes of a professional development program for in-service primary and secondary school teachers aimed at enhancing their understanding of living music traditions in Singapore and how thes

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Chee-Hoo Lum Siew Ling Chua

Teaching Living Legends Professional Development and Lessons for the 21st Century Music Educator

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SpringerBriefs in Education

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Chee-Hoo Lum Siew Ling Chua •

Teaching Living Legends Professional Development and Lessons for the 21st Century Music Educator

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Siew Ling Chua Singapore Teachers’ Academy for the aRts Singapore Singapore

Chee-Hoo Lum National Institute of Education Singapore Singapore

ISSN 2211-1921 SpringerBriefs in Education ISBN 978-981-10-1481-9 DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-1482-6

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Acknowledgements

This book is the outcome of a research study funded by the Academies Fund, Ministry of Education in 2014–2015. • Teaching Living Legends is a term coined by our colleague Mrs. Joanne Yeo-Tan from the Singapore Teachers’ Academy for the aRts (STAR), and it was first used as a title of the professional development programme implemented at STAR. We thank Joanne for assisting in the research as a collaborator and for her invaluable input to the initial drafts of this book. • We wish to express our heartfelt thanks to Mrs. Rebecca Chew, Principal of Singapore Teachers’ Academy for the aRts (STAR), Ministry of Education, for her support and encouragement in this research project. • We wish to express our sincere gratitude to Professor Graham F Welch (Chair of Music Education, UCL Institute of Education, London) and Professor Tong Soon Lee (Music Department Head, The Chinese University of Hong Kong) for their valuable insights and contribution in writing the epilogue • We also express our gratitude to the rest of our colleagues at STAR