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Heidi Westerlund
Researcher at University of the Arts Helsinki
Publications - 57
Citations - 1178
Heidi Westerlund is an academic researcher from University of the Arts Helsinki. The author has contributed to research in topics: Music education & Musicology. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 57 publications receiving 1014 citations. Previous affiliations of Heidi Westerlund include Sibelius Academy.
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Garage rock bands: a future model for developing musical expertise?
TL;DR: In this article, it is suggested that, in line with situated learning theories and research on expertise-based learning, garage rock bands and their informal ways of learning can exemplify how to develop knowledge-building communities and musical expertise in formal music education.
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Collaborative learning in higher music education
Helena Gaunt,Heidi Westerlund +1 more
TL;DR: The case for collaborative learning in higher music education has been discussed in this paper, focusing on expertise, collective creativity and shared knowledge practices through collaborative processes, and the art of stepping outside comfort zones.
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Immigrant Students' Development of Musical Agency--Exploring Democracy in Music Education.
Sidsel Karlsen,Heidi Westerlund +1 more
TL;DR: The authors argue that the musical schooling of immigrant students could be seen as forming a healthy test for any educational context in terms of how democracy is enacted, and they engage in a discussion linking music education, agency, pluralism and democracy.
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Digging Dalcroze, or, Dissolving the Mind‐Body Dualism: Philosophical and practical remarks on the musical body in action
TL;DR: In this paper, the body in relation to music and movement has been examined in relation with recent philosophical discussion on the question of the 'body-mind' with particular reference to the views presented by prag...