Praxial Music Education

Reflections and Dialogues
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-19-538507-6
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 518 g

Praxial Music Education is a collection of essays by nineteen internationally recognized scholars in music education. Each essay offers critical reflections on a key topic in contemporary music education.

The starting point of each essay, and the unifying thread of this collection, is the "praxial" philosophy of music education explained in Elliott's Music Matters: A New Philosophy of Music Education (OUP, 1995). This philosophy argues for a socially and artistically grounded concept of music and music education, challenging the field's traditional "absolutist" foundations. Praxial Music Education is both a critical companion to Music Matters, and an independent text on contemporary issues in music education. Among the themes discussed are multicultural music education, the nature of musical understanding, early childhood music education, the nature and teaching of music listening, music curriculum development, and musical creativity.

Praxial music education is a living theory. This unique collection will not only enrich discussions that already use Music Matters as their core, but will globalize current discussions and applications of the praxial philosophy and emphasize the positive and practical values of collaborative efforts in music education.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Elliot, David J

Elliott, David J

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikinstrumente Instrumentenunterricht & Lernanleitungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: David J. Elliott: Introduction

- 2: Marie F. McCarthy, J. Scott Goble: The Praxial Philosophy in Historical Perspective

- 3: Wayne D. Bowman: The Limits and Grounds of Musical Praxialism

- 4: Constantijn Koopman: The Nature of music and Musical Works

- 5: Wilfred Gruhn: Understanding Musical Understanding

- 6: Heidi Westerlund, Marja-Leena Juntunen: Music and Knowledge in Bodily Experience

- 7: Robert A. Cutietta, Sandra L. Stauffer: Listening Reconsidered

- 8: Wayne. D. Bowman: Why Musical Performance? Views Praxial to Performative

- 9: Jeffrey Martin: Composing and Improvising

- 10: Margaret Barrett: A "Systems View" of Musical Creativity

- 11: C. K. Szego: Praxial Foundations of Multicultural Music Education

- 12: Thomas A. Regelski: Curriculum: Implications of Aesthetics vs. Praxial Philosophies

- 13: Shiela Woodward: Critical Matters in Early Childhood Music Education

- 14: Pamela Burnard: What Matters in General Music?

- 15: Lori-Anne Dolloff: Elementary Music: Building Cultures and Practices

- 16: Patricia O'Tooole: Why Don't I Feel Included in these Musics, or Matters

- 17: Kari K. Veblen: Community Music and Praxialism: Narratives and Reflections

Über Autor(innen)

David J. Elliott is Professor of Music Education at New York University. He previously taught and coordinated music education at the University of Toronto. He is the author of numerous journal articles and book chapters, a frequent speaker at conferences and universities worldwide, and an award-winning composer/arranger who has several choral and instrumental works in publication with Boosey and Hawkes.