J Scott Goble

What's So Important About Music Education?

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

J. Scott Goble argues for the importance of musical activity in human life and for the importance of music in education. The book concludes with a model for teaching the musical practices of the nation's constituent cultural groups in schools in terms of their respective cultural meanings.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 472g
• ISBN-13: 9780415533683
• ISBN-10: 0415533686
• Artikelnr.: 40140691

Autorenporträt

J. Scott Goble is a musician, teacher, scholar, and conductor who has presented lectures, classes, and workshops and conducted choirs and orchestras throughout North America. He is Associate Professor of Music Education at the University of British Columbia.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Music as an Academic Subject in the Public Schools of the United States:
An Inherent Cultural Tension 2. "Culture," "Worldview," and Pragmatism: The
Philosophy and Semiotic of Charles Sanders Peirce 3. A Pragmatic Conception
of Musical Practices: "Music" as a Sign of Worldview 4. Conceptions of
Music in the United States 5. A Brief Historical Survey of Concepts of
Music in Music Education in the United States 6. Community, Autonomy, and
Music Education in the Postmodern United States: Summary and
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