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- Music education in context: the construction of the teacher's identity within cross-disciplinary collaboration in the artsPublication . Mota, Maria; Costa, Jorge Alexandre; Leite, A.This study was part of a research project that examined innovative practices in a primary school with an integrated arts curriculum. While the school started an expansion of its curriculum, a music teacher was hired to become part of the arts learning area. Her commitment to the overall project determines that she works in collaboration with the other arts teachers, namely, Visual Arts and Drama. Baring in mind a theoretical background that traces the lines of a liberating, autonomy promoting, and collaborative education, the development of the identity process of the music teacher was analyzed through her diary, fi eld notes, and other observational data, gathered by the research team. Findings indicate that, while signifi cant gains were brought about by crossdisciplinary collaboration, some problems remain to solve, concerning the role of specifi c musical skills development. The implications for music education research are suggested, with reference to the relationship between music skills development and integrated art projects.
- Music and drama in primary schools in the Madeira Island - Narratives of ownership and leadershipPublication . Mota, Graça; Araújo, Maria JoséA three-year-case study funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) from the Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education was designed to study a 30-year project of music and drama in primary schools in Madeira. This article reports on the narratives of the three main figures in the project as they elaborate on its construction according to the following themes: innovation, philosophies of music education and teacher education. Through the lens of a narrative inquiry, the discourses produced are analysed, taking into account the emerging concepts of ownership and leadership.