Season 2 Premiere: Empowering Students with Dr. Shane Colquhoun: Rethinking Music Education from the Ground Up

Shane brings nearly two decades of teaching experience and deep insights into the challenges of making popular music education work in real classrooms. In this conversation, we talk about:

• The “schoolification” of popular music and how to keep it authentic

• Shifting from being a director to a facilitator of learning

• Balancing student choice with the rigor administrators expect

• Practical steps like documenting progress, goal-setting, and embracing mistakes

This is an inspiring and practical conversation for educators who want to create programs where student voice drives learning without losing structure.

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