Noted music educator Bennett Reimer has selected 24 of his previously published articles from a variety of professional journals spanning the past 50 years. During that time, he's tackled generating core values for the field of music education; the core in larger societal and educational contexts; what to teach and how to teach it effectively; how we need to educate our teachers; the role of research in our profession; and how to improve our future status.
Author(s): Bennett Reimer
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 418
CONTENTS......Page 4
A LETTER TO THE READER......Page 6
Part I. OUR VALUES AS A SCHOOL SUBJECT......Page 8
Part IA. GENERATING CORE VALUES......Page 10
Ch01. WHAT MUSIC CANNOT DO......Page 12
Ch02. ESSENTIAL AND NONESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF AESTHETIC EDUCATION......Page 22
Ch03. THE EXPERIENCE OF PROFUNDITY IN MUSIC......Page 48
Ch04. SHOULD THERE BE A UNIVERSAL PHILOSOPHY OF MUSIC EDUCATION?......Page 74
Ch05. ONCE MORE WITH FEELING: RECONCILING DISCREPANT ACCOUNTS OF MUSICAL AFFECT......Page 96
Part IB. CORE VALUES IN LARGER CONTEXTS......Page 112
Ch06. SELFNESS AND OTHERNESS IN EXPERIENCING MUSIC OF FOREIGN CULTURES......Page 114
Ch07. GENDER, FEMINISM, AND AESTHETIC EDUCATION: DISCOURSES OF INCLUSION AND EMPOWERMENT......Page 132
Ch08. RESEARCH AND JUSTIFICATION IN ARTS EDUCATION: AN ILL-FATED ROMANCE......Page 160
Ch09. ROOTS OF INEQUITY AND INJUSTICE: THE CHALLENGES FOR MUSIC EDUCATION......Page 170
Ch10. ARTISTIC CREATIVITY, ETHICS, AND THE AUTHENTIC SELF......Page 188
Part II. ACHIEVING OUR VALUES......Page 194
Part IIA. WHAT AND HOW TO TEACH......Page 196
Ch11. CHOOSING ART FOR EDUCATION: CRITERIA FOR QUALITY......Page 198
Ch12. WHAT IS PERFORMING WITH UNDERSTANDING?......Page 208
Ch13. MERELY LISTENING......Page 228
Ch14. PHILOSOPHY IN THE SCHOOL MUSIC PROGRAM......Page 244
Part IIB. EDUCATING OUR TEACHERS......Page 250
Ch15. AN AGENDA FOR MUSIC TEACHER EDUCATION, PARTS I AND II......Page 252
Ch16. AVOIDING EXTREMES OF THEORY AND PRACTICE IN MUSIC TEACHER EDUCATION......Page 270
Ch17. TOWARD A RESEARCH-BASED FOUNDATION FOR DOCTORAL PROGRAMS IN MUSIC EDUCATION......Page 284
Part IIC. THE ROLE OF RESEARCH......Page 306
Ch18. TOWARD A MORE SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO MUSIC EDUCATION RESEARCH......Page 308
Ch19. QUALITATIVE RESEARCH AND THE POST-POSITIVIST MIND......Page 334
Ch20. NEW BRAIN RESEARCH ON EMOTION AND FEELING: DRAMATIC IMPLICATIONS FOR MUSIC EDUCATION......Page 342
Part III. PRESERVING AND ENHANCING OUR VIABILITY......Page 358
Part IIIA. OUR VALUES IN SERVICE OF OUR FUTURE......Page 360
Ch21. IS MUSICAL PERFORMANCE WORTH SAVING?......Page 362
Ch22. MUSICAL DISENCHANTMENT AND REENCHANTMENT: THE CHALLENGES FOR MUSIC EDUCATION......Page 388
Ch23. MUSIC EDUCATION FOR CULTURAL EMPOWERMENT......Page 404
Ch24. THE WAY IT WILL BE......Page 414
ABOUT THE AUTHOR......Page 418
