Title: Issues for Consideration in the Teaching of World Musics: A Re-assessment of Music Education Practice
Abstract:Under the influence of the concept approach to music, music education in the Western world has developed ways of teaching music objectively, but with little acknowledgement of how the teaching and lea...Under the influence of the concept approach to music, music education in the Western world has developed ways of teaching music objectively, but with little acknowledgement of how the teaching and learning of music may take place in other cultural contexts. While recognising that the concept approach has allowed music education to advance in many ways, especially by facilitating the entry of many types of music into music classrooms, this paper outlines ways in which music education can be refigured to allow the music pedagogies of a range of cultures to influence the strategies by which music from those cultures is taught. A framework on which music teaching and learning can be based will be proposed and explained. Rather than the application of universal concepts to all types of music, this framework consists of a set of processes across a range of cultures. This represents a move away from attempts to construct musical meaning through universalism, to those which focus on difference and individuality. The implications for music education will be demonstrated through musical examples from a range of sources.Read More
Publication Year: 2002
Publication Date: 2002-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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