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What does performing teach us? Explore the fascinating relationship between performance, learning, psychology and human development in The Pedagogy of Performance. Drawing together research and real-world experience in music, performance and education, Gemma Elizabeth Watkins examines how performing can shape confidence, cognition, creativity, communication and the way we learn. Ideal for teachers, performers, musicians, students and anyone interested in the science and practice of learning through performance.
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The Pedagogy of Performance: How Performing Teaches, and What It Means for Education, Practice and Life
What can performing teach us about learning, confidence, communication and the way we develop as individuals?
The Pedagogy of Performance explores the relationship between performance, education and human development, bringing together ideas from pedagogy, psychology, neuroscience and the lived experience of performing.
Written by Gemma Elizabeth Watkins, MSc, BSc (Hons), the book considers performance not simply as something we learn to do, but as a powerful process through which people learn. Drawing on research alongside experience in music, performance and education, it examines how rehearsal, practice, observation, feedback, embodiment and performance itself can shape learning and personal development.
The book explores themes including learning through performance, confidence and identity, motivation, memory and cognition, practice and expertise, creativity, communication, reflection, and the relationship between teacher and learner.
Accessible while remaining grounded in research, The Pedagogy of Performance is written for teachers, musicians, performers, students, researchers and anyone interested in how people learn and develop through creative practice.
Whether you work in a classroom, rehearsal room, studio or on stage, this book invites you to look at performance differently: not merely as the end result of learning, but as a form of learning in itself.
Digital edition / eBook
Author: Gemma Elizabeth Watkins, MSc, BSc (Hons)
