Estelle R Jorgensen Livres

What values should form the foundation of music education? And once we decide on those values, how do we ensure we are acting on them?In Values and Music Education , esteemed author Estelle R. Jorgensen explores how values apply to the practice of music education. We may declare values, but they can be hard to see in action. Jorgensen examines nine quartets of related values and offers readers a roadmap for thinking constructively and critically about the values they hold. In doing so, she takes a broad view of both music and education while drawing on a wide sweep of multidisciplinary literature. Not only does Jorgensen demonstrate an analytical and dialectical philosophical approach to examining values, but she also seeks to show how theoretical and practical issues are interconnected.An important addition to the field of music education, Values and Music Education highlights values that have been forgotten or marginalized, underscores those that seem perennial, and illustrates how values can be double-edged swords.

        What is music education, and what ought it to be? By challenging narrow        and inadequate conceptions of the field, Estelle Jorgensen raises the        possibility of alternative views that can dignify the teacher's task,        enrich and enliven the profession, and validate an exciting range of additional        ways in which music education can be undertaken in the contemporary world.      One of the most respected leaders in music education, Jorgensen emphasizes        world music and ethnomusicology as equal partners alongside the more conventional        sounds and styles that have dominated the classroom. Exemplifying sound        scholarship, thorough research, and compelling argument, In Search        of Music Education will be especially welcome wherever teachers strive        to deal with requirements for responsible music education. 

Opens a conversation about the life and work of the music teacher. The author regards music teaching as interrelated with the rest of lived life, and her themes encompass pedagogical skills as well as matters of character, disposition, value, personality, and musicality. She urges music teachers to think and act artfully.