DEN MUSIKALSKE PSYKOLOG?

Professionslæring i musik og psykologi

Abstract

Today several higher education's are organised in a theoretical part where the students first learn, after which they apply what they learned in practice. As an example, this division is recognisable in the education of psychology. Prerequisition's and problems for this sequential organisation of the education's are outlined in the article. From a research study of how piano students at the Academy of Music learn to play the piano, the strong points in a side by side model of education are emphasized, where learning the profession is mixed with participation in the profession. In that connection several co-learning elements are identified such as students being more careful in their preparations, learning from more experienced musicians and how mistakes and inspiration are important learning resources in becoming a skilled practitioner. Furthermore, it is argued that the piano students learn from being teachers themselves. These different co-learning elements from the Academy of Music are related to the education of psychologists. Finally, several reservations to these comparisons between psychology and music are made.