Partnerships are a fact of life although we may not realise it. Very few humans actually live and work in a vacuum which means we inevitably have to form partnerships with others to get through life. Teachers have a central role in the broader context of music education and can only exist by bringing together stakeholders such as Schools, education authorities, parents and of course students themselves in effective partnerships. Of course we have a fundamental partnership with our students, and this should be a two way process. The time when the teacher dictates everything that happens in a lesson should really be … Continue reading Partnerships and the teacher