Classroom instrumental teaching (now broadened from ‘whole class’ instrumental teaching) is here to stay; it says so in the new National Plan for Music Education in England and is enshrined in the new National Plan for Wales as ‘First Experiences’. Both plans also include funding for the purchase of instruments. Crucially, England's NPME states that classroom instrumental teaching should be ‘a key part of the school's curricular music offer’, should be delivered in class time, and that parents/carers should not be charged for it.
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The English Plan suggests different models of delivery can be utilised; for example, rather than the whole class learning together, lessons can be delivered in smaller groups, perhaps dividing the class into three. There are already many models of classroom instrumental teaching delivery across the country; in my experience it is definitely easier to support students in smaller groups with more time to hear them play individually – not all tutors can be afforded that luxury, however.
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