Dr Ian James Axtell

Shaped by teaching music in classrooms. Fascinated by professional learning and how thinking is impacted by others. Most of my ideas are borrowed

[Dr Ian James Axtell @IanAxtell]

Good to see support for music and musicians in https://t.co/2qNZImlFoN “The UK is a broad-based services superpower, the second largest services exporter in the world with successful musicians and architects as well as bankers” (p. 118).

[Dr Ian James Axtell @IanAxtell]

@DrHoskyns @MyBCU @BirmCons @DrHoskyns Doing the DPSE in music education all those years ago at Westbourne Road was inspirational. You started my journey towards practice-based inquiry that formed the foundation of my thesis. Thank you.

[Dr Ian James Axtell @IanAxtell]

Finally able to graduate in person in the amazing Symphony Hall thanks to @MyBCU. The @BirmCons Brass were brilliant, as they have been all week. I got ‘the prize’ for the longest thesis title. Available at https://t.co/LfuTct6jv3

[Dr Ian James Axtell @IanAxtell]

A privilege to be part of @MyBCU graduations this week. Proud to see such a diverse range of students walk across the stage in the company of wonderful colleagues.

[Graham McPhail @gjmcpauck]

My book arrived. Anonymous reviewers said it “offers something new to the music education canon. It has potential for significant impact to the discourse of the field” "It serves as a corrective or an additive to the current themes being explored in the field”. Gosh.

[Dr Ian James Axtell @IanAxtell]

Amazing rehearsal of Richard Blackford’s Pietà this morning https://t.co/mEy8hYSjRd The soloists: Jess Dandy (contralto), Roderick Williams (baritone) and Amy Dickson (soprano saxophone) were sublime. Not to be missed.

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Some great comments about the Three Choirs Festival Chorus singing the opening concert on Saturday 23rd July 2022. The male soloists also received worthy mentions: https://t.co/QiVYNTC33c

[Dr Ian James Axtell @IanAxtell]

Nearly time for the Dyson epic Quo Vadis: https://t.co/iqABlgxFkE Some sublime singing from the wonderful soloists this morning during rehearsal, supported by the brilliant @philharmonia

[Dr Ian James Axtell @IanAxtell]

Looking forward to this tonight! The @philharmonia were fantastic in rehearsal this afternoon. https://t.co/u7jkuPlwaz

[Dr Ian James Axtell @IanAxtell]

Inspired by @CSPACE_BCU conference but blown away by our wonderful @R0b5m1th asking ‘what do we talk about when talk about education?’ in his inaugural professorial lecture. It’s time to celebrate ‘richness’ in diversity, potential and opportunity. Thanks Rob.

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@drmattoleary @drmattoleary Perhaps applying critical judgements for ECTs can come through additionally provided by HEIs? Professional education centred on developing research orientations?

[Dr Ian James Axtell @IanAxtell]

@drmattoleary @drmattoleary I agree! It will be interesting to see how applying professional judgements underpins the new ITT and ECT Core Content Frameworks. ‘Learn that’ and ‘learn how’ are helpful, but should there be some critical consideration underpinning ‘learning why’?

[Dr Ian James Axtell @IanAxtell]

@drmattoleary @drmattoleary Would it be good to move away from dichotomous ideologies and raise raise awareness of a range of thinking so teachers are able to become informed professionals, able to apply their own judgements? Not just ‘best practice’ but ‘which practice’ and ‘why’? #edchat

[Dr Ian James Axtell @IanAxtell]

@drmattoleary Thanks @drmattoleary Just one theory for learning and one for teaching? Unless you are using theory as a plural. Should educators be introduced to a range of theories so they can apply professional judgement at a particular time and place with particular learners? #edchat

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Dear Gavin Williamson, if Latin in schools is about levelling up, I have other ideas https://t.co/S2pJLAw4qi

[Dr Ian James Axtell @IanAxtell]

@SueYoung351 @Johnfinney8 Yes, thanks @Johnfinney8 ‘knowing’ or ‘coming to know’ suggest learning as process, temporal and evolving. Also that your knowing might be different to someone else’s. Sharing different perceptions of the same concept are endlessly fascinating. Children’s composing?

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Musical Futures – the Marmite of Music Education? | Anna Gower. Thanks Anna. Been on a similar journey. Please share more of your thinking. MF had a huge impact on my teaching. It made me think “what do pupils want?” not just “what do pupils need?” https://t.co/5hvZ9dnfQq

[pauline black @akapaulineblack]

Great article from @jpjsavage in new @BERANews journal. Good for me as a Scot to get some further knowledge and insight about developments in #MusicEd in England!