Focus on Proven Experience in Dance and Music

"The aim is to increase understanding of how proven experience can be developed and integrated into programmes where embodied and non-verbal skills play a central role. Using dance and music education as cases, we are investigating how university teachers in these subjects use their artistic and pedagogical experience in teaching," says Carina Borgström Källén, project leader and associate professor of music education at the University of Gothenburg.

The project examines how artistic and pedagogical experiences are used in the classroom. By identifying the prerequisites and skills required, the project contributes to increased knowledge on teaching practices where other forms of expression than language and text are used.

The study is also relevant to other subjects where embodied literacy is crucial, such as in sports and drama. The project aims to strengthen the professional language of university teachers, which can facilitate peer dialogue and critical review of teaching practice.

This project can develop the concept of proven experience and explore its application in teaching, paving the way for new insights into arts and other higher education programmes.

"We are very happy and proud to have been awarded this project within the Swedish Research Council's calls for proposals in the field of education. At the Artistic Faculty, we are also pleased to be able to plan for another project, 'Bildämnet i förändring': Implementering och ämnesutveckling i den reviderade grundlärarutbildningen för bild', which has been awarded to Tarja Häikiö Karlsson at HDK-Valand. These successes strengthen our faculty's unique position in Sweden, where we offer a research and teaching environment that unites a diversity of artistic subjects," says Jesper Lundgren, Head of Department at the Academy of Music and Drama.