This survey is for music teachers across Worcestershire, Warwickshire and Gloucestershire Music Education Hubs. The deadline for completing this survey is Thursday 22nd April 2021.
Background to the Fair Play project.
Fair Play is a partnership project between Worcestershire, Warwickshire and Gloucestershire Music Education Hubs which aims to improve and embed inclusive practice through workforce development, establishing youth voice, and exploring what is/is not working to reduce barriers to musical engagement and inspiring young people’s career choices. It is focused on changing our practice, programmes and access routes to enable more young people from less advantaged socio-economic backgrounds, minority ethnic communities and rural isolation to access music. Fair Play is funded by Youth Music with delivery from January 2021 – June 2022.
Purpose of this survey.
We believe that improving and embedding inclusive practice starts with listening to our staff, as well as young people, across the three Hubs. This survey is designed to help us understand your experiences of and perspectives on inclusive practice so that we can:
1) Explore existing inclusive practice and build on this across the Fair Play network; and
2) Identify and plan ways to develop more confidence, skills and knowledge in this area; importantly, shaped by your views.
Your responses will also be used to inform a series of training sessions on musical inclusion in the Summer Term, led by music practitioner Phil Mullen and MAC Makes Music. Therefore your responses really matter and we would be grateful for your input.
Understandings of musical inclusion.
There are various definitions of musical inclusion and we will be interested to hear how you personally define it during the survey. Here is one example:
‘Musical inclusion is a way of working that gives every child and young person an equal opportunity to participate in music and to learn and progress through music to the best of their individual capabilities. It acts to counteract the effects of exclusion, which may be based on cultural background, level of ability or other factors and to help children overcome barriers to their learning, whether these be physical, cognitive, environmental, emotional, behavioral or psychological.’
From A Short Guide To Working Inclusively Through Music (MAC Makes Music & Phil Mullen)
https://network.youthmusic.org.uk/working-inclusively-through-music-0
Youth Music understand musical inclusion as follows:
'Musically inclusive practice involves making sure young people's music is HEARD:
Holistic - placing emphasis on personal, social and musical outcomes
Equitable – people facing the biggest barriers receive the most support
Authentic - developed with and informed by the people we do it for
Representative – the people we work with as participants and colleagues reflect our diverse society
Diverse – all musical genres, styles, practices are valued equally'
https://network.youthmusic.org.uk/alliance-for-a-musically-inclusive-england-AMIE
Confidentiality.
All information provided by you is confidential and anonymised, nothing reported will be identifiable. There will be an option to leave your email address if you are happy to us to follow up with you to discuss the findings further. This is entirely up to you.
If you wish to discuss Fair Play and/or this survey further, please feel free to contact Fair Play Project Manager, Emma Nenadic on [email protected]
