Participant Schools and Teacher Details
SCHOOL |
GENDER |
POSITION |
NUMBER OF YEARS TEACHING |
TRAINING |
EXPERIENCE OF ICT/
TEACHING WITH ICT/ |
AGES OF STUDENTS FOR RESEARCH WORK/ SOFTWARE USED/WORK FOCUS |
ICT EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE/USED |
Secondary 1 |
Male |
Head of faculty |
22 years |
3 year Music degree + one year secondary teacher training course (PGCE) |
Considerable teaching experience within present school. |
(Year 9)
Cubase
Music for film |
Music ICT room within music department; enough computer stations for paired work |
Secondary 1 |
Female |
Music teacher; responsibility for Advanced level music technology |
5 years |
3 year Music degree + one year secondary teacher training course (PGCE) |
Considerable teaching experience within present school. |
12-13 (Year 8)
Cubase
African drumming |
Music ICT room within music department; enough computer stations for paired work |
Secondary 2 |
Female |
Head of department |
8 years |
4 years at music academy + one year secondary teacher training course |
Little. None in present school owing to lack of music computers prior to the project. |
12-13 (Year 8)
Cubase
Spanish music |
3 computers in a room adjoining the main music room; one not working throughout research project |
Secondary 3 |
Male |
Head of department |
12 years |
3 year Music degree +
+ one year secondary teacher training course |
Considerable personal experience. Some experience of using computers in the classroom. |
13-14 (Year 9)
Cubase
Music and art |
10 computers within the main music room. |
Primary 1 |
Female |
Class teacher of 4-5 year olds (Year 1) & music co-ordinator |
13 years |
4 year teacher training course with specialist focus on art |
Quite a lot of experience of teaching music to young children. No personal experience of working with music and computers or teaching training/experience. First experience of teaching music in the classroom using ICT. |
10-11 (Year 6)
Dance eJay 4
Composition in ternary form |
Use of generic ICT suite for music work; enough computer workstations for paired work. |
Primary 1 |
Female |
Class teacher of 10-11 year olds (Year 6) & design and technology co-ordinator |
8 years |
3 year music degree in English + one year primary teacher training course |
Some experience of teaching music in the classroom. No personal experience of working with music and computers or teaching training/experience. First experience of teaching music in the classroom using ICT. |
10-11 (Year 6)
Dance eJay 4
Composition in ternary form |
Use of generic ICT suite for music work; enough computer workstations for paired work. |
Primary 2 |
Male |
Class teacher of 10-11 year olds (Years 5 & 6) & music co-ordinator |
4 years |
4 year Music degree that confers qualified teacher status |
Considerable experience teaching music in the classroom. A lot of personal experience within degree course. Little teaching experience of ICT and music in the classroom. |
9-11 (Years 5 & 6)
Evolution Sound Studio
12 bar blues composition |
One computer located in the classroom. Occasional use of another computer within a separate room some distance away. |
