Stealing Knowledge in a Landscape of Learning: Conceptualizations of Jazz Education. Issue 3 (8th July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bjerstedt, Sven
• Is Part Of: British journal of music education. Volume 33:Issue 3(2016)
• Page Start: 297
• Page End: 308
• Publication Date: 2016-07-08
• Subjects: Music -- Instruction and study -- Periodicals; 780.71
• DOI: 10.1017/S0265051716000103
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0265-0517

Abstract

Abstract : Theoretical approaches to learning in practice-based jazz improvisation contexts include situated learning and ecological perspectives. This article focuses on how interest-driven, self-sustaining jazz learning activities can be matched against the concepts of stolen knowledge (Brown & Duguid, 1996 ) and landscape of learning (Bjerstedt, 2014 ). Based on an extensive interview study with Swedish professional jazz musicians, it argues that the multidirectedness involved in jazz improvisational practice calls for a rich learning ecology framework including several didactic loci.