Embedding Diversity in your Music Teaching | The Secondary Music Teaching Series

Who drives representation of composers, performers and artists on your curriculum? To what extent are you inspiring students and taking an inclusive approach that puts students at the centre of planning?

There are many opportunities and some potential barriers to ensuring the curriculum is diverse, decolonised and that our practice is adapted where necessary. We will be posing some of the big questions and working through potential solutions, collaboratively.

A high-quality music education is the right of every pupil. It should be inclusive of all, regardless of additional needs, in both mainstream and specialist education settings. Schools should aim high with music – an individual child’s needs may make some aspects of teaching, learning and performance different, but there should be no compromise on quality provision.
DfE., 2022, p 42

Part of The Secondary Music Teaching Series

This session is part of a wider series for teachers and those leading secondary music, we take a deeper dive into key areas of classroom teaching, refocusing on strategic action and decisions that impact the quality of teaching and learning.

• 16 October | The Nuts & Bolts of Behaviour in the Music Room
• 27 November | The National Plan for Music Education
• 15 January | How to Advocate for Music as a Subject
• 26 February | Embedding Diversity in your Music Teaching

Music is a cornerstone of the broad and balanced education that every child should receive. It touches hearts and minds, it celebrates and challenges, and it connects us and moves us. In the same way that we teach children literacy and numeracy to prepare them for adult life, we must also give them the musical tools they need for a lifetime of music-making and enjoyment.
DfE., 2022, p 7

About Jenetta

Jenetta Hurst is a music specialist, flautist and school leader with 19 years’ experience leading secondary music in a range of settings. Jenetta sits on the Strategic Board of Lambeth Sounds Music Education Hub and is an Honorary Member of the Birmingham Conservatoire.

In the interim, you can connect with Jenetta directly via her website as well as view blogs, past projects and creative interviews with a range of practitioners at The Creative Educator website.

Accessibility

• Technology: Zoom
• Captioning: AI-Generated
• Breakout rooms: TBC
• Recording: Whole group sessions will be recorded for the purpose of sharing with course delegates and only available for a time limited period after the session.

If you would like to request presentation slides, questions and provocations in advance of the session, please get in touch with info@musicmark.org.uk. Speakers may decline sharing this information on the basis of protecting their intellectual property or for other reasons and we cannot therefore guarantee availability for all events.