Introduction
In this episode, I talk with Jason Goopy, internationally recognised music educator, lecturer and researcher at Edith Cowan University near Perth in Western Australia. We discuss what happens when music education is shaped by trauma-informed positive education – and what it can teach us about what music education could and should be for.
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What’s in this episode?
We talk about:
- What trauma-informed positive education (TIPE) means in practice
- The community music programme Jason researched in regional Australia, offering free sessions to young people funded by a major record label
- The person-first rather than music-first approach
- Using drawing and music sharing as research methods, so the research process itself became an uplifting, reflective experience for participants
- The key findings, including music functioning as a trusted confidant for self-regulation, songwriting as a tool for processing feelings, and the idea of music-wellbeing literacy
- What schools music educators can take from this, including strengths-based questions every music teacher can ask
- Jason’s call for a recalibration of the purpose of music education towards what he calls musical flourishing for all – and how this connects to UNESCO’s position on music education
Links for this episode
Jason’s paper in Music Education Research
Music Mark research short on Jason’s work
[VIDEO] Self-determination theory explained
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The music for the podcast was created by Otis Hynds, a young person working with Noise Solution.
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