Winchell, James

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Western University Scholarship@Western Inspiring Minds – A Digital Collection of Western’s Graduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity Inspiring Minds September 2023 Improving Efficiency and Confidence through Mental Practice: A Guide for Music Educators James Winchell Western University, jwinchel@uwo.ca Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/inspiringminds Citation of this paper: Winchell, James, "Improving Efficiency and Confidence through Mental Practice: A Guide for Music Educators" (2023). Inspiring Minds – A Digital Collection of Western’s Graduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity. 391. https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/inspiringminds/391  Winchell, James  Inspiring Minds Project Description  June 2023  Improving Efficiency and Confidence through Mental Practice: A Guide for Music  Educators  Nearly everyone has given up learning something at some point because it was inconvenient,  and nearly everyone has experienced some form of performance anxiety. What if we could  improve our skills in a way that increased the convenience and efficiency of our practice and  boost confidence at the same time? By engaging in mental practice, we simulate physically  practicing in our mind without the need for instruments, equipment, or facilities. This can have  huge benefits to learning.  My work will consolidate and clarify existing research, so that music teachers can find the most  optimal practice routines for improving their students’ musical skills and maximizing their  efficiency when they have limited physical practice time. This will help not only current  musicians, but also many people who might otherwise quit to continue enjoying playing music  (and improve their performing skills), with associated benefits for mental health, lifelong  learning, and community building.  Note to Inspiring Minds reviewers:  I am enrolled in the  Music Cognition  collaborative  specialization, which was not listed as an  option, but provided the inspiration and foundation for my submitted work. The specialization  coordinator (also the professor who oversaw my initial work on this project) is Dr. Jonathan De  Souza. However, he is not technically my supervisor, because my degree program is  course-based and not research-based, which is why I did not list him as such in my submission.  Hope this helps. 

Improving Efficiency and Confidence through Mental Practice: A Guide for Music Educators

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