Accountability Concerns

This chapter addresses the application of educational standards to technology-based music instruction (TBMI). To date, no sets of standards directly address the ways TBMI teachers and students work; therefore, there is a lack of clarity as to how teachers are accountable to the larger educational culture. The chapter describes and critiques standards that are partially applicable: the NAfME music technology standards, the TI:ME Areas of Pedagogical Skill and Understanding, and the ISTE National Educational Technology Standards. Implications of all of these are discussed and support the conclusion that there is not currently available a single set of standards that fully accounts for the complexities of TBMI.