Based on findings of an in-depth social phenomenological study, this book describes the experiences of music teachers, whose careers are rich, complex, and multi-faceted. Stories of their professional enactments contribute rich considerations in music teacher identity discourse and to the construction of their professional selves. Individuals’ social worlds are highlighted in terms of ways they shape social and professional worlds. With a wide view of who music teachers are and what they do, this book reveals insights to the supports needed to enact a long, satisfying career.

Teaching is complex, dynamic, and constantly changing. So-called checklists for lesson observation are therefore not always helpful for instrumental and vocal teachers. Volume 5 of the Grazer Studies for Instrumental and Vocal Pedagogy conveys four areas of competencies in a playful and artistically designed card Set, which is intended to stimulate a scientifically based exchange about the quality of instrumental teaching and learning. In the context of music (high) schools, the cards offer concrete entry points and imaginative ways to reflect on the complex, overlapping competencies associated with teaching and learning music and observing and developing instrumental and vocal teaching.

Band 4 der Grazer Schriften zur Instrumental- und Gesangspädagogik vermittelt in Form eines spielerisch und künstlerisch gestalteten KartenSets Reflect! vier Kompetenzbereiche, die wissenschaftlich fundiert den Austausch über die Qualität von instrumentalem Lehren und Lernen anregen sollen. Im Musik(hoch)schulkontext bieten die Karten konkrete Einstiegspunkte und phantasievolle Wege, um die komplexen, sich überschneidenden Kompetenzen zu reflektieren, die mit dem Lehren und Lernen von Musik wie mit der Beobachtung und Weiterentwicklung von Instrumental- und Gesangsunterricht verbunden sind.