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Finding A Place In Music Education: The Lived Experiences Of Music Educators With “Non-Traditional” Backgrounds, Rhoda Bernard Oct 2021

Finding A Place In Music Education: The Lived Experiences Of Music Educators With “Non-Traditional” Backgrounds, Rhoda Bernard

Visions of Research in Music Education

This study is a qualitative investigation of the perspectives of seven music educators with “nontraditional” backgrounds–individuals who play instruments that are not part of the traditional large ensemble, and/or those whose musical specialties lie in genres other than Western classical music–based on their lived experiences as preservice and in-service music educators. The three most robust themes from the interviews included: insecurities about previous training and background, striving for relevance, and flexibility. Coming to better understand the perspectives of music educators with “non-traditional” backgrounds contributes to two active streams in the current conversation in the field of music teacher education: the …


Pluralism And Minority Rights In Music Education: Implications Of The Legal And Social Philosophical Dimension, Marja Heimonen, David G. Hebert Oct 2021

Pluralism And Minority Rights In Music Education: Implications Of The Legal And Social Philosophical Dimension, Marja Heimonen, David G. Hebert

Visions of Research in Music Education

This"paper"explores"the"issue"of"minority"rights"in"music"education,"taking"an"interdisciplinary" approach"informed"by"both"social"and"legal"philosophy"and"interpretation"of"music"research" findings."An"internationalAcomparative"perspective"is"offered"to"consider"the"problem"of" balancing"between"a"universal"good,"in"other"words,"rights"entitled"to"every"human"being,"with" the"rights"of"ethnic"minorities."The"principal"research"question"is:"To"what"extent"may"children" and"adolescents"of"cultural"minorities"have"rights"to"their"‘own"music(s)’,"and"how"may"such" rights"inform"contemporary"educational"practice?"Examples"to"be"discussed"in"relation"to" education"in"contemporary"Europe"include"such"minority"peoples"as"Maori"and"Pacific" Islanders"in"New"Zealand,"Zainichi"Koreans"and"Okinawans"in"Japan,"and"Native"Americans"in" the"United"States.


Rethinking Music "Appreciation", Marissa Silverman Oct 2021

Rethinking Music "Appreciation", Marissa Silverman

Visions of Research in Music Education

This study reflects upon and explains the strategies developed in teaching music appreciation in a large urban secondary school. These reflections were developed through an action research study that took place during the 2005-2006 school year. Taken in the broadest, possible view, this study is a small example of how globalization and its offshoots – diversity and multiculturalism – are inherently paradoxical. Fundamentally, these phenomena are characterized by trans-national flows of capital, labor, communications, and culture that tend to unite and broaden many aspects of peoples’ perspectives and identities – personal, creative, and musical. However, the same forces that power …


Chaos, Karen V. Lee Oct 2021

Chaos, Karen V. Lee

Visions of Research in Music Education

The author writes an autobiographical reflection after attending a hand drumming concert. The rhythmic grooves liberate her mind and body while she reflects on a major transition in her life. Writing helps her reflect on how the concert becomes a pedagogical context forthe emotional and intellectual chaos. In the end, autobiography moves her to gain a deeper understanding about how the pedagogical aspect from the concert enables change.