Edited by Dr Ruth Wright, The University of Western Ontario, Canada
Sociology and Music Education addresses a pressing need to provide a
sociological foundation for understanding music education. The music
education community, academic and professional, has become increasingly
aware of the need to locate the issues facing music educators within a
broader sociological context. This is required both as a means to deeper
understanding of the issues themselves and as a means to raising
professional consciousness of the macro issues of power and politics by
which education is often constrained. The book outlines some
introductory concepts in sociology and music education and then draws
together seminal theoretical insights with examples from practice with
innovative applications of sociological theory to the field of music
education. The editor has taken great care to select an international
community of experienced researchers and practitioners as contributors
who reflect current trends in the sociology of music education in Europe
and the UK. The book concludes with an Afterword by Christopher Small.
Contents: Preface; Sociology and music education, Ruth Wright; Research
in the sociology of music education: some introductory concepts, Lucy
Green; Class, power, culture and the music curriculum, Ruth Wright and
Brian Davies; Music education from the perspective of system theory,
Geir Johansen; Unpopular music: beliefs and behaviours towards music in
education, Alexandra Lamont and Karl Maton; The sociological critique of
curriculum music in England: is radical change really possible?, Chris
Philpott; Ethnicity and music education: sociological dimensions, David
G. Hebert; Towards a sociological perspective on researching children's
creative music-making practices: an exercise in self-consciousness,
Panagiotis A. Kanellopoulos; Gender identity, musical experience and
schooling, Lucy Green; Modernity, identity and musical learning, Geir
Johansen; Towards a broader conception of creativity in the music
classroom: a case for using Engeström's activity theory as a basis for
researching and characterizing group music-making practices, Pamela
Burnard and Betty Anne Younker; Revealing musical learning in the
informal field, Sidsel Karlsen; Musikdidaktik and sociology, Geir
Johansen; Culture, society and music education, Ruth Wright and John
Finney; Listening to children: voice, agency and ownership in school
musicking, Felicity Laurence; Democracy, social exclusion and music
education: possibilities for change, Ruth Wright; Afterword, Christopher
Small; Index.
About the Editor: Dr Ruth Wright is Associate Professor and Chair of
Music Education in the Don Wright Faculty of Music, The University of
Western Ontario, Canada.
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Illustrations: Includes 13 b&w illustrations
Published: September 2010
Format: 234 x 156 mm
Extent: 322 pages
Binding: Hardback
