How Student Creative Collaboration and Teaching Practices Affect Each Other

Abstract

In Chapter 12, I examined the different types of creative collaboration amongst students from the student perspective, including everything from the distribution of labour to the final rehearsal, as well as the conception, organization, and composing of the musical piece. In Chapter 13, I identify, from the educator’s perspective, the teaching practices that scaffold creative collaboration, including everything from preparing students to complete the assigned task to supporting their work with the knowledge needed to complete their musical productions. Based on a discussion of these observations, this chapter examines how the teacher’s actions affect how students collaborate while creating a piece of music. Conversely, I describe how teachers employ these practices in reaction to and when adapting to their students’ work.