JUNE COUNTRYMAN & LESLIE STEWART ROSE
Leslie Stewart Rose is an associate professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. She is currently the director of the Concurrent Teacher Education Program at the University of Toronto. Her work orients around arts education, play, games, creativity, and teacher education. She is currently exploring how teachers’ personal play and creative lives inform their teaching. Her work is informed by a previous career as a school teacher. In her spare time, Leslie is a tree farmer.
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Exploring Adolescents' Musicking as Play
Youth engage in self-chosen musical play—listening, performing and creating music, both alone
and with others, real and virtual—as a means for managing stress, negotiating social demands
and taking temporary control of a world that typically feels beyond their control. Based on
theoretical analysis and a targeted qualitative research project of interviews with 35 youth, the
authors suggest that musical play contributes to adolescent psychological wellbeing, and that
there are qualities of musical play that can inform music education practice. These qualities have the potential to inspire pedagogy through influencing our attitudes toward engaging learners in shared musicking.
and with others, real and virtual—as a means for managing stress, negotiating social demands
and taking temporary control of a world that typically feels beyond their control. Based on
theoretical analysis and a targeted qualitative research project of interviews with 35 youth, the
authors suggest that musical play contributes to adolescent psychological wellbeing, and that
there are qualities of musical play that can inform music education practice. These qualities have the potential to inspire pedagogy through influencing our attitudes toward engaging learners in shared musicking.