Music Learning in Schools: Perspectives of a New Foundation for Music Teaching and Learning

Autor/in	Gruhn, Wilfried
Sonst. Personen	Regelski, Thomas A. (Hrsg.)
Titel	Music Learning in Schools: Perspectives of a New Foundation for Music Teaching and Learning
Quelle	In: Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 5 (2006) 2, S.1-27 (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1545-4517
Schlagwörter	Music Education; Talent; Social Change; Academic Achievement; Philosophy; Learning Theories + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Musikerziehung; Begabung; Hochbegabung; Sozialer Wandel; Schulleistung; Philosophie; Learning theory; Lerntheorie
Abstract	Does music education need a new philosophy that is scientifically grounded on common agreements with educational and musical standards? If such standards are commonly accepted, why do people reflect philosophically about music teaching and learning? At first glance, these questions sound very abstract and theoretical because people love music, and because music has become a major industry with flourishing instrument factories, music productions, electronic devices, concerts, journals, festivals, and so on. Why, then, stop and think about new tracks of teaching and learning? Talented students learn to play an instrument or sing in a choir, they perform on stage while parents are proud and school principals observe if and how the students and the school benefit from those public musical activities. Why not just continue as in the past? The answer is quite simple: Because there is a big gap between extra-curricular activities and the way music is taught in the classroom, and between musical experience in real life and musical experience in a school setting. What must be conceded is the social change that impacts on institutions such as schools. When social conditions result in instances of social decline--as reflected by unemployment rate, economic decline, growing violence, etc.--then students are also affected. In this article, the author contends that the social turn which causes so many problems in society generates the need for a change of the entire education system and at the same time supports the need for a re-orientation of music education. (Contains 4 figures and 5 notes.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	MayDay Group. Brandon University School of Music, 270 18th Street, Brandon, Manitoba R7A 6A9, Canada. Tel: 204-571-8990; Fax: 204-727-7318; Web site: http://act.maydaygroup.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10