This article explores the metaphor of music in the analysis of teaching team-based courses. The metaphorical lens suggests creative ways of sensing the character and flow of learning by guiding inquiry into such musical attributes as melody, harmony, dynamics, tempo, and rhythm. Viewing teachers and students as “players in the band” and “naming that tune” enhances the instructor’s awareness and crystallizes the broader meaning of the situation. This novel way of analyzing these data can lead to interventions that may not occur to the teacher using more literal analysis.
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