Events
GIEMTC Seminar | The roles of self-determination and self-regulation in novice to expert musicians
PERMANENT SEMINAR OF THE RESEARCH GROUP ON EDUCATION, MUSIC AND THEATER IN THE COMMUNITY
29-10-2024 | 3h30-5pm | CCCI Auditorium | Departamento de Comunicação e Arte, Universidade de Aveiro | Room Zoom
The roles of self-determination and self-regulation in novice to expert musicians
Gary E. McPherson | Sydney Conservatorium of Music
To perform any skilled activity to an expert level requires crossing the threshold from casual or partial engagement to committed and intensely motivated learning. To understand these processes, much of my research has applied self-determination theory to explain motivation and self-regulated learning to explain practice quality. In this presentation, I will show how self-determination theory can be used to understand learners’ motivation as they move from extrinsic to intrinsic motives during their development. A particular focus will be on how autonomy-supportive learning environments address musicians’ need for autonomy, competence, and relatedness and propel them to become self-directed with their learning.
Using concepts drawn from self-regulated learning to study skill development, I will show how better musicians use more sophisticated strategies, are more confident about their abilities, practise in a more motivated and engaged manner, and that these variables predict achievement above and beyond the quantity of practice they may have accumulated. This is because self-regulated learning strategies equip students with the skills necessary to gradually take more control of their learning using deliberate strategies (suited to their age and stage) to plan, monitor and evaluate their learning.
Gary E. McPherson | Gary McPherson studied music education at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music before completing a master’s degree at Indiana University and a PhD from the University of Sydney. He also holds a Licentiate and Fellowship in trumpet performance through Trinity College, London. He was awarded an Artium Doctorem Honoris Causa, Honorary Doctorate at the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts, Lund University, Sweden in 2021. He is currently the Ormond Professor of Music at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. He has served as National President of the Australian Society for Music Education and President of the International Society for Music Education (of which he is an Honorary Life Member). His research interests are broad, and his approach is interdisciplinary. His most important research examines the acquisition and development of musical competence and motivation to engage and participate in music from novice to expert levels. With a particular interest in acquiring visual, aural and creative performance skills, he has attempted to understand more precisely how music students become sufficiently motivated and self-regulated to achieve at the highest level.
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