Overview
This landmark collection explores the origins and foundations of music education across five continents and considers: • the inclusion of music as part of the compulsory school curriculum in the context of the historical and political landscape • the aims, objectives and content of the music curriculum • teaching methods • the provision and training of teachers of music • the experiences of pupils Contributors have been carefully selected to represent countries which have incorporated music into compulsory schooling for a variety of differing reasons giving a diverse collection which will guide future actions and policy.
Full Product Details
Author: Dr Gordon Cox (formerly University of Reading, UK) ,
Dr Robin Stevens (The University of Melbourne, Australia) ,
Anthony Haynes
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.540kg
ISBN: 9781847062079
ISBN 10: 1847062075
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 08 April 2010
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Awaiting stock
Language: English
Reviews
'An impressive volume, a bright and shining compendium of essays by prominent scholars from fourteen nations who trace the historic roots and reasons for music as a subject of study in compulsory schooling. They delve into the past to understand the present status of principles and practices of music teachers, their pedagogical methods, and the pupils they serve. The book is data-rich and wide-ranging in coverage, and under the leadership of co-editors Cox and Stevens, it is expertly conceived and carried through as a project that conveys varied international histories and current contexts of music within (and at times a little bit outside) the formalities of school.' Patricia Shehan Campbell, Donald E. Peterson Professor of Music, University of Washington, USA 'This book offers each of us an important opportunity to revisit our music education heritage within a much broader international context. Both editors are eminent world authorities on research into the history of music education and are ideally placed to lead such a publication. The outcome is stimulating and also thought provoking, enabling us to understand better how we can learn from the past in order to effect a more successful future.' Graham Welch, Professor of Education, Institute of Education, University of London, UK 'Cox and Stevens have produced a powerful and well-timed publication. The editors and contributors should be congratulated on their fine achievement, and on presenting an invaluable gift to the music education community.' -- Research Studies in Music Education If, by enhancing their understanding of the ways in which 'music can act as a powerful educational force', Cox and Stevens have encouraged school curriculum music's supporters to continue to work for an acknowledged and significant place for music, this book will prove to be an invaluable contribution to music education for the future. -- Music Education Research The collection is an invaluable tool for the researcher, offering insight on historical developments, most obviously, but also on philosophical questions of the nature and purpose of music education, and political and sociological debates about the wider social contexts of institutional learning. -- British Journal of Music Education, Volume 29/1 - 2012
'This is an impressive volume, a bright and shining compendium of essays by prominent scholars from fourteen nations who trace the historic roots and reasons for music as a subject of study in compulsory schooling... it is expertly conceived and carried through as a project that conveys varied international histories and current contexts of music.' Patricia Shehan Campbell, Donald E. Peterson Professor of Music, University of Washington
Author Information
Gordon Cox is the Chair for the History Standing Committee of the International Society for Music Education, and was formerly Senior Lecturer in Music Education at the Institute of Education, University of Reading, UK. He has written extensively on the history of music education, and music and society, including A History of Music Education in England 1872-1928 (1993), Living Music in Schools 1923-1999 (2002) and The Musical Salvationist (2011). He is a past co-editor of the British Journal of Music Education. Robin Stevens is Principal Fellow at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, The University of Melbourne, Australia. Previously he was Associate Professor of Music Education at Deakin University, Australia. He has written extensively on music education history with a particular focus on the nineteenth century Tonic Sol-fa method and the life histories of several prominent Australian music educators. Anthony Haynes is former Chair of the English Association schools committee, former faculty co-ordinator and mentor of PGCE students and NQTs.
