Riffs of Change is a storied dissertation that researches the inherent shifts
and extensions in musicians' identities as they transform into school teachers. My
research explores literary studies, arts-based research and feminist-based
literature. I investigate musicians' lives in practicum, university, and schoolbased
contexts. I discuss the nature of institutional education and the musicians'
conflicts with love, loss, pain, wisdom, and change. The musicians even draw me
into my own autobiographical journey. I rediscover that my identity is
constructed poetically, psychologically, educationally and philosophically by
music and reflect on how this changes the trajectory of my life.
I represent my research in the form of eight short stories and an
autobiographical account of my experience. The stories are considered creative
non-fiction. My dissertation seeks to demonstrate the creation of stories,
pedagogy, and research shaped by constructivist philosophy. I examine musicians'
beliefs, education, and experiences focusing on their identity issues as they
transform into music teachers. The stories confront and challenge, chime wisdom,
and steer readers into critical places of thought and unexpected spaces of change.
My research found several results. First, some musicians could overcome
their conflict if they collaborated in the story writing process, and was mentored
by a school advisor that was also a professional musician. Second, story and
autobiographical writing were found to be rich research methodology tools. While
story writing helped some musicians, autobiography helped me resolve earlier
conflicts which drew me back into music. Story authorship has helped me to
understand my questions and musings about musicians, music educators,
musicians as educators, and musicians becoming music educators. I gained a
fresh voice and embraced the notion that I could explore issues from multiple
viewpoints and writing styles. / Education, Faculty of / Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP), Department of / Graduate
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UBC/oai:circle.library.ubc.ca:2429/15836 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Lee, Karen Vickie |
| Source Sets | University of British Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, Thesis/Dissertation |
| Format | 26111914 bytes, application/pdf |
| Rights | For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use. |
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