Pulman, Mark

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University of Huddersfield RepositoryPulman, MarkLearning about yourself in the band rehearsalOriginal CitationPulman, Mark (2009) Learning about yourself in the band rehearsal. In: University of Huddersfield Research Festival, 23rd March - 2nd April 2009, University of Huddersfield. (Unpublished)This version is available at http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/4704/The University Repository is a digital collection of the research output of theUniversity, available on Open Access. Copyright and Moral Rights for the itemson this site are retained by the individual author and/or other copyright owners.Users may access full items free of charge; copies of full text items generallycan be reproduced, displayed or performed and given to third parties in anyformat or medium for personal research or study, educational or not-for-profitpurposes without prior permission or charge, provided:• The authors, title and full bibliographic details is credited in any copy;• A hyperlink and/or URL is included for the original metadata page; and• The content is not changed in any way.For more information, including our policy and submission procedure, pleasecontact the Repository Team at: E.mailbox@hud.ac.uk.http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/Have you ever seen yourself  - as others see you?Do you really know yourself - as others know you?Would you like to improve your self-awareness?“it made me look a lot more at myself” –YL“subconsciously, I was always thinking about them two things I„d to improve on” –TP“it lets people know what they think of you as well as what you think of  yourself” –ODSelf knowledge…“an exceptional way of getting feedback” -EJ“it enables you to understand how to improve”- EJ“it teaches you to try harder, do better”-OD, HA, NL, HS“hard to work with people who cannot accept criticism” -EJ“my [self-selected] weaknesses – they‟re not what the other people would perceive as my weaknesses” -SAFeedback….“[there are] difficulties in telling the truth face-to-face, so written feedback is good” –SA, DS“written feedback avoids confrontations” – HA, SA“it‟s tough assessing your friends” –OD“I try to be honest with my friends” -HA, MR“some give friends better marks…I‟m more critical with strangers” –OD“personal feelings get in the way sometimes, and people will purposely mark low out of spite” –EJ Honesty…“I‟ve always been the  one to kind of take a back seat and kind of just sit and do whatever   I‟m told to do, if you know what I mean.So, because they put me in the position of deciding this, that and other, I‟ve learnt to be more assertive” –DS“It made me look a lot more at myself, and looking at their confidence like, with mine” –YL“You definitely notice people who are confident … put their ideas forward more than people who tend to maybe not have had as much experience of playing with people;” -TPAction research conducted during 2001-2007 It involved 170 undergraduate popular music students and 80 bandsInformed by social constructivist thoughtExtensive peer marking dataSixteen in-depth individual interviewsOverviewPedagogical research  in popular musicFocusHow might peer assessment and learning activities help to improve our personal attributes as they are displayed in band rehearsing?How can we develop an improved awareness of our personal attributes and those of others in rehearsing?What might be the nature of our personal attributes as they are displayed in rehearsing?Attributes that the band feel are important to them?Attributes that are important to each band member?Our personal ‘strengths’ in the rehearsal?Our personal ‘weaknesses’ in the rehearsal?‘Personal weaknesses’ that your band think you can improveMarking scale 1– 5 (1 = poor; 5 = excellent)HA OM SC TPOpen to ideas Blinkered?x 3/5 3/5 xWillingness to help others Not helping?x x x 5/5Enthusiasm Lacking enthusiasm?x x x 4/5Team member Taking  too much control?x x x 3/5Confident Lacking confidence?3/5 3/5 4/5 xLearn lyrics quickly Leaving it last minute?4/5 x x xListening to others Disregarding others?x x 2/5 xContributing to ideas Too quiet?3/5 2/5 x xConfidence……Pedagogical ResearchPersonal attributesMethodologyGrounded theory analysis produced four substantive categoriesPeer assessment of ‘personal weaknesses’InterviewsLearning about yourself in the band rehearsal

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