ABSTRACT
This chapter gives an overview of the project's background and rationale; research methods; pedagogic strategies and materials; the different approaches to learning adopted by the pupils; how pupils progressed; the pedagogy and the roles of the teachers; and finally the views of the participants. It mentions some areas that differed from those in another related project that took place in general music classrooms, and explores some topics that might be of interest for future development and research. The rationale for the work was that many children and young people who fail and drop out of formal music education, are often far from being either uninterested or unmusical. The primary aim of the pedagogy was to enable pupils to learn a new approach to learning through developing their listening skills in a way that is modelled upon the aural informal learning practices of popular musicians.
