Music Education in an Age of Virtuality and Post-Truth

ISBN-13: 9781138322820 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 142 str.

Paul Woodford

Opis

This book locates music education within the contexts of global politics and economics, exploring the tensions between neoliberal globalization and democratic deconsolidation. A liberal music education can contribute to the revitalization of liberal democracy by challenging students to think critically about the ubiquitous music in their lives.

Spis treści

1. ‘Why I Write’  2. ‘It’s the Economy, Stupid!’  3. Whose Democracy, and ‘What Kind of Citizen?’ 4. Harperland and Conservative Disdain for Music and the Arts 5. ‘The Defeat of the Schools’ 6. ‘I Yam What I Yam’ 7. On ‘The End of History’ and the Global Decline of Music Education? 8. On ‘The Return of History’: Toward a Liberal Music Education

O autorze

Paul G. Woodford is Professor of Music Education at the Don Wright Faculty of Music, the University of Western Ontario, Canada. His 2005 book Democracy and Music Education: Liberalism, Ethics, and the Politics of Practice was credited with opening up new areas of scholarly endeavor in the field. Formerly Co-Chair of the Executive Committee of the International Society for the Philosophy of Music Education (2005 to 2007), Dr. Woodford is co-editor of the Oxford Handbook of Social Justice in Music Education (2015) and a member of the international advisory boards of the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, the British Journal of Music Education, and the Philosophy of Music Education Review.