ESA VIRKKULA

B E H I N D   T H E   D R U M S

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The possibility of combining three professions, lecturer, researcher, and musician, in my work is a benefit. Contacts with musicians’ work life are important to my work as a teacher educator.

Direct contacts with the working life give me up-to-date information about what goes on in the field, an essential aspect of work-life-based education and research.

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I have been fortunate to combine teaching, learning and music in my research. With over two decades of experience as a musician and lecturer, I am continuously challenged to rethink learning and teaching concepts. However, my feet remain on the ground through research, and my attitudes are being questioned.

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I am still searching for new perspectives on professional issues: How can the motivation to learn be promoted? What is good musicianship? How can it be developed in formal education?