New research paper published: Through the Eyes of an Entangled Teacher

Read the full article here: What happens when a classical music instrument performance course at a Norwegian state university study programme is assessed for quality following a standardized procedure? The article explores frictions and negotiations between managerial quality assurance and classical music performance education in a contextual sense, focusing particularly on the teacher-student relation. I …

Tutorial: Start writing your beginner thesis

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com #1 — Canvas and guiding star https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1acvPtyQKOw #2 — Content mapping Now that you have created your canvas, have read a lot of material and have made notes in the books, you are ready for the ‘content mapping.’ This technique is what I personally call a ‘Content Manual.’ This means that …

Tutorial: A 3 minutes kick-starter for your beginner thesis

Photo by bruce mars on Pexels.com #1 — What to write about? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKp0nE8Xrgk #2 — Purpose and agenda Ok, so now you have a topic. Don't move too fast to methodology and method. Instead, start with the following questions: What do you want to investigate/find out and why?What is your agenda or purpose by doing …

New book out: Informed Play

An Open Access, peer-reviewed research monograph. Download Informed Play for free here Abstract "Informed Play presents a conceptual understanding of tone production based on extensive historical research on primary sources, modern literature and handbook reviews, physical and psychological perspectives as well as on technology. As the first volume in English to discuss and contextualise the …

Expert Evaluator

Today, my contribution as Expert Evaluator was given attention in a Norwegian news article at the University of Agder. Athored by Jan Arve Olsen. Read the news article here.