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Improvisation and Teaching

Keith Sawyer

Published: 2007-12-03

This editorial argues for a transformation in education, specifically in music curriculum, whereby the principles of improvisation become increasingly fundamental. It examines what sort of knowledge underlies expert performance and asks that schools be redesigned to align with the findings of the learning sciences.

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There is a curious yet enormously fruitful duality in the way that improvisation plays on our expectations and perspectives.

– Tracey Nicholls