Burwell, K., Carey, G., & Bennett, D. (2017). Isolation in studio music teaching: The secret garden. Arts and Humanities in Higher Education,1474022217736581.
The reading this week discussed the relationship between a teacher and a student in a studio lesson settings. This reading was particularly interesting because it shows you in great details the different effects the teachers history might have on their students. Just from their background in learning from a studio lesson or as an undergraduate, their students will have different gains and loses. Something that surprised me was how that even what the teacher does can impact the students. The reading states that if the teacher is a well known performer, the students will have all sorts of pressure, and really this could be a good or bad thing. On one hand the students will be more exposed performing, but on their other hand they will have to face a great deal of pressure from being their student. Something that frustrated me was how the writer viewed the relationship between a studio teacher and a student as a jail like setting. They discussed it as a teacher as a dominating power, but in reality I believe that the teacher's job is to inspire and push the student. Though in their relationship, the teacher does have power of their student as one who has more knowledge, but it should be viewed less as a dominating power and more of a inspiring leader. Something I would like to tell the author is that they should view teaching as something more then beating something into them. A lot of what you have written is true and interesting, but perhaps looking at the relationship between student and teacher from a different perspective will help bring out your argument.
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