Music education in England, 1950-2010
Subtitle: the child-centred progressive tradition
By: John Finney
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9781409410768; 9781409419464
Description: John Finney examines the child-centred progressive tradition to create a fresh way of evaluating ideas and practices that have evolved since 1950, that have shaped the lives of music teachers and their pupils, and that have now become disfigured, residual and altogether lost in the light of social, cultural and political change. The book is a critique of the present situation with an intention to expose the dangers in our current pursuit of future gains that are thought to serve the making and sustaining of the social order. --from publisher description
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Justification; title: A whole symphony in your head; title: Creativity, culture, and the social order; title: Coming to know music; title: Music embodied, music regulated; title: Pupil voice; title: Music education, music education, music education!; title: Recapitulation and retrieval.