Entrance exam on whose terms?
Welcome to the second network meeting of the year with the Network for artistic education!
This time we have a visit from Monica Lindgren, professor at the College of Stage and Music, University of Gothenburg to talk about her research on entrance exams for music teacher training in Sweden. Based on Monica's research, we also want to discuss other forms of entrance exams within educations with a degree on an artistic basis.
For whom? The network is for you who are active in a union within an education with a degree on an artistic basis.
When? 2024-04-08 klockan 16:00-18:00.
Where? The meeting takes place in zoom and everyone who is registered receives a meeting link no later than one day before the meeting.
Register here by April 4 at the latest.
From the Swedish National Union of Students, Jonathan Strömberg, studying to become a music teacher at the Ingesund Academy of Music and chairman of the Karlstad student union section at the Ingesund Academy of Music (SMISK), participates, Vilhelm Weréen, studying symphonic orchestral playing at the University of the Arts and Music and former chairman of the Royal Academy of Music's Student Union ( KMS), and Johan Kovaniemi, member coordinator at SFS.
16:00-17:00 Monica Lindgren, professor at the University of Theater and Music, University of Gothenburg
The Swedish music education field is characterized by strong biased recruitment. From culture school to higher music education. Individuals' social background determines the possibility of training in music. The entrance keys to the educational institutions are very much dependent on the parents' level of education and their own cultural commitment. One of these entry keys is the key to a place on the music teaching program. In order to be admitted to Swedish music teacher training, approved results from a skills test are required, where the applicant must demonstrate their prior knowledge. The exams are based on long-standing traditions, born out of a conservatory culture with normative quality criteria. In a research project, funded by the Swedish Research Council 2019-2022, jury groups' assessment of the applicants in connection with these skills tests was analysed. Monica Lindgren, professor at the College of Stage and Music, University of Gothenburg, was one of the participating researchers. Based on the articles published so far, she will present the project's method and main results, as well as open up questions and discussion.
17:00-18:00 Discussion and networking
Continued discussion on the topic of entrance exams. We will also have time for experience exchange and networking.