Developing a Model for Change in Music Teacher Education

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to share information about a process that brought together interested music educators who had the common goal of creating change in higher music education. The products that emerged from this process are still in undeveloped form, but it is hoped that they will provide steps toward further quests for change. Issues highlighted at the beginning of this article as important to music education emerged as needs and were discussed by participants at the first College Music Society Institute on Music Teacher Education, held in June 2001. This article will provide background information on concerns facing music teacher education, explain the process of putting together the CMS institute, and describe the institute itself as it provided a beginning for addressing needs in music teacher education.