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Author:   Stephanie Pitts (Senior Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Music Department, Senior Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Music Department, University of Sheffield)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.40cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 16.00cm
Weight:   0.482kg
ISBN:  

9780199838752

ISBN 10:   0199838755
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   12 July 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Investigating the impact of music education 1.1 Whose story? Defining and interpreting musical life histories 1.2 Aims, scope and limitations 1.3 Approaches to data collection and analysis 1.4 Existing research on musical life histories 1.5 Global perspectives on music education 1.6 Structures and voices in this book Interlude A Interlude B Chapter 2: Learning across generations: musical childhoods in twentieth century Britain 2.1 Lifelong learning: a reasonable aim for music education? 2.2 Life histories in context: British music education in the twentieth century 2.3 Generational trends in formative musical experiences 2.3.1 1930s-1950s: gramophones, piano lessons and school assemblies 2.3.2 1960s-1970s: encouragement and independence 2.3.3 1980s-1990s: musical pluralism and exploration 2.4 Historical trends, current debates 2.4.1 Classroom music 2.4.2 Music outside the classroom 2.4.3 Teacher and parent attitudes 2.4.4 Music in the home 2.4.5 Lifelong learning and involvement Interlude C Interlude D Chapter 3: Locations for musical learning 3.1 Where musical learning happens 3.2 The characteristics of supportive musical environments 3.3 Extra-curricular music-making 3.4 Musical self-education 3.5 An Italian perspective - music as specialist education 3.6 Summary: situated learning for music Interlude E Interlude F Chapter 4: Inspiring, affirming, challenging: significant people in musical learning 106 4.1 What makes a memorable classroom music teacher? 4.2 Instrumental teachers as mentors 4.3 Parents as role models and mentors 4.4 Siblings, extended family and friendships as sources of musical learning 4.5 Learning from learning: becoming teachers and parents 4.6 Summary: musical supporters and role models Interlude G Interlude H Chapter 5: Opportunities and outcomes in lifelong musical engagement 5.1 Musical routes and roots 5.2 Becoming music educators 5.3 Becoming music-makers 5.4 Becoming adult learners 5.5 Becoming listeners and concert-goers 5.6 Summary: foundations for lifelong musical involvement Interlude I Interlude J Chapter 6: Rhetoric and reality: the real impact of music education 6.1 Overview: learning from life histories 6.2 Historical rhetoric and remembered reality 6.3 Contemporary rhetoric and future opportunities 6.4 Summary: relevance and timelessness in musical learning Interlude K Interlude L Chapter 7: Chances, choices and conclusions 7.1 Chances and choices in musical education 7.2 The usefulness of life history approaches 7.3 Recommendations and future directions Postlude Glossary References Index

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With this insightful and original contribution to a new and developing area of music-education studies, Stephanie Pitts has once again cast light on neglected issues. This book will engage and challenge all music educators who are concerned about not only their present practices, but the long-term impact of their work. * Lucy Green, Professor of Music Education, Institute of Education, University of London * Generous in its examples of musical life histories, this hugely important publication is a wonderfully rich guide to understanding the diversity of musical lives within contemporary society. It enlightens and inspires readers to reconsider the many varied aspects of how music education shapes lifelong values, attitudes and skills. * Gary McPherson, Ormond Chair of Music and Director, Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne *

<br> Generous in its examples of musical life histories, this hugely important publication is a wonderfully rich guide to understanding the diversity of musical lives within contemporary society. It enlightens and inspires readers to reconsider the many varied aspects of how music education shapes lifelong values, attitudes and skills. --Gary McPherson, Ormond Chair of Music and Director, Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne<p><br> With this insightful and original contribution to a new and developing area of music-education studies, Stephanie Pitts has once again cast light on neglected issues. This book will engage and challenge all music educators who are concerned about not only their present practices, but the long-term impact of their work. --Lucy Green, Professor of Music Education, Institute of Education, University of London<p><br>

""Generous in its examples of musical life histories, this hugely important publication is a wonderfully rich guide to understanding the diversity of musical lives within contemporary society. It enlightens and inspires readers to reconsider the many varied aspects of how music education shapes lifelong values, attitudes and skills."" --Gary McPherson, Ormond Chair of Music and Director, Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne ""With this insightful and original contribution to a new and developing area of music-education studies, Stephanie Pitts has once again cast light on neglected issues. This book will engage and challenge all music educators who are concerned about not only their present practices, but the long-term impact of their work."" --Lucy Green, Professor of Music Education, Institute of Education, University of London

Author Information

Dr Stephanie Pitts is Reader in Music at the University of Sheffield. She is the author of A Century of Change in Music Education (Ashgate, 2000), Valuing Musical Participation (Ashgate, 2005) and, with Eric Clarke and Nicola Dibben, Music and Mind in Everyday Life (OUP, 2010).

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