Digital Transformation of Music Education in Perspective of Internet-Assisted Signature Pedagogy

Abstract

Currently the professional work of musicians tends to shift from the traditional classroom to the Internet environment. Two decades ago Shulman pointed out the need to reexamine the fundamental signatures due to the development of Web-based technologies that redesign the professions. While he suggests the method of critique as a signature pedagogy for teaching arts, that is proposed by his followers as a model of dialogue between equal voices, the perspectives of this method at the Internet-assisted learning environments are curious for study. In such a context the purpose of this study was determined: Do the competence of self-critique is promoted through the Internet-assisted professional learning of music based on the signature pedagogy? The research was organized at Kazan Federal University, 78 undergraduate students of music education were involved. The methodology used questionnaires, implemented by the google forms, and statistical methods. The results demonstrated that students who actively use Internet resources on the computer for making music or training performing skills demonstrate higher levels of self-critique competence in professional training. Based on the analysis was concluded, in conditions of lacking personal interactions due the shifting to the Internet environment musicians need to demonstrate their competences in critical self-assessment.