Purpose
The main objective was to offer alternatives that will link artistic research, artistic training, personal development, and career management.
Project description
REACT was a reaction to a current problem arising from the long-established model for teaching music performance in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs): musicians are trained for acquiring read-only skills instead of educating them to become creative professionals. HEIs are not helping musicians to meet the challenges of working life.
REACT was an Strategic Partnership funded by ERASMUS+ to mobilise a knowledge-creating international cooperative network to develop a new pedagogical model for HEIs – the Artistic Research-Based Learning (AR-BL) model, inspired by the epistemological framework proposed by the project’s leading team.
The novelty of this project resides in shifting the focus from technical skills to material thinking, i.e., a specific mode of thought resulting from how ideas and works shape each other, reconfiguring the established mythopoetic configurations. The team’s AR-BL model aims at encouraging a shift towards developing students’ creativity, proactive critical thinking and reflexive musical practice.
Results
The outputs and publications are available at the REACT website.
- Stakeholder’s Requirements Report – Artistic Career in Music (2021)
- REACT training school for students, two 1-week courses and online activities
- REACT Symposium - Reflective and Critical Approaches to Teaching and Learning of Music Performance: book of abstracts (2022)
- Toolkit for Teachers and Student (2024)
- Teaching Music Performance in Higher Education – Exploring the Potential of Artistic Research (2024)
- Virtual Academy MOOCS – short video presentations for students
- AR-BL (Artistic Research-Based Learning) Model