Explicit Teaching (not dissimilar to Direct Instruction) is really in vogue with our local government at the moment, and this coming week all government school teachers have to undertake professional development in it. Of course, there’s a research base behind the use of Explicit Teaching, but does much of that research come from music education? And if it doesn’t, what should music teachers make of Explicit Teaching and similar ideas? Are they useful for music education, or will they get in the way of best practice?

In this episode, I speak to music teacher and research Dr Brad Fuller, who published a wonderful article on this very subject just last year: Is What Works Best, Best For Music Education?

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Here’s the transcript of this episode, made by Otter.ai (so it will have a few inaccuracies!):