Outsourcing av skolens musikkundervisningen - et bærekraftig samarbeid mellom kulturskole og grunnskole?

Abstract

This article is based on a study of collaboration between Schools of Music and Performing Arts and public school in a city in Norway, where the Schools of Music and Performing Arts, as an external partner has taken over responsibility for music teaching in year one to four in primary school. The purpose of this study is to develop new knowledge about management of procedural, contextual and structural factors that can contribute to further develop this type of collaboration. The reason for the collaboration between Schools of Music and Performing Arts and school was to improve the quality of music education in primary schools, so that students could reach their subjects goals due to the curriculum in music. Research subjects are leaders who have had key roles in the start-up and implementation of the collaboration. Through a qualitative approach we highlight the challenges, constraints and opportunities of the collaboration. The data in the study is comprised of documents and interviews with four managers, all of which are central to the collaboration. The conclusion of the study is that the observed form of collaboration can be described as an external collaboration model, where arts have a guest role in primary school, in terms of sales and purchases of services. This partnership appears contextually as sustainable and positive but fragile in the face of cultural and economic barriers.

Keywords

• Collaboration School of Music and Performing Arts and public school
• leadership
• outsourcing teaching
• Samarbeid skole og grunnskole
• ledelse
• outsourcing av undervisning