Creative Scaffolding: A Way of Teaching That Should Change

Abstract

In this chapter, I describe what happens when the teachers approach and interact with the observed groups. From this second vantage point, I set out to observe if teachers approach the group, if they notice what the students are doing, and if they interact with them. It is worth mentioning that we have already described what happens when teachers do not interact with the groups. Some of the examples presented in this chapter occurred before and others occurred after those presented in the previous chapter. After identifying the instances of student-teacher interaction, I concentrate on the nature of teacher practice as seen through their actions and interactions. I examine and describe how the teacher can facilitate the completion and writing of a musical piece by a student group. The instances of student-teacher interaction are listed according to when they appear chronologically during the observed activities: in the beginning, in the middle, or towards the end of the student composition task.