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Author: Megan  Date:   2000-10-24 08:06 Hi everyone! My name is Megan and I am a saxophone student in Australia studying at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. As part of my degree I am doing a woodwind pedagogy class and as part of my assessment for it I have to come up with and analyse a survey of 2 woodwind teachers and present my results to the class. Would it be possible for a few of you to take a little time out to answer my questions? More than 2 is fine - you may end up wanting to discuss some of the questions amongst yourselves anyway. We're only expected to ask teachers in the area, but I wanted to instead get some views from people in other countries to see if there are any differences of approach. Ideally, I should be talking to people who have been teaching for quite a while - preferrably at least 10 years - but any input would be appreciated. It shouldn't be too arduous a task. There aren't too many questions and you get to talk about yourself for a while - and let's face it, who doesn't enjoy doing that? Name? Location? What instrument/s do you teach? How long have you been teaching? Why did you start teaching? Why do you continue? Were you confident of your teaching abilities at the outset or did you gain confidence with experience? How do you maintain your interest in teaching? Has your teaching style changed over the years? If so, what instigated these changes? What attracted you to your principal instrument in the first place? (Please specify your principal instrument if you teach more than one) How do you instill this passion into your students? How do you encourage reluctant students to practise? What sort of goals do you set for your students, both long and short term? What sort of goals do you set for yourself? Do you organise concerts for your students? Why/Why not? If you found a particularly promising student who was no longer able to pay the full rate for their lessons, would you continue teaching them for a lower fee or send them to a less experienced but less expensive teacher? Why? Do you think improvisation is an important skill for a classical musician to acquire? Why/Why not? If you taught/teach improvisation how would/do you go about it? How would/do you help your student overcome any fear of improvisation if they feel they have no natural ability for it? How do you think the overall standard of music teaching, evaluation (ie the examination system) and performance in your country compares with the rest of the world? How do you think these aspects could be improved on? Finally, if you had to explain your general philosophy on teaching in a few sentences, what would you say? Thank you in advance for any contributions. If you want to email me or ask me any questions, please feel free.

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