The origins and foundations of music education
By: Gordon Cox and Robin Stevens.
Contributors: Cox, Gordon, 1942-; Stevens, Robin Sydney.
Publisher: Continuum International Pub. Group
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781847062079
Subjects: Music -- Instruction and study; Music -- Instruction and study -- History
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Gordon Cox and Robin Stevens; title: Europe. Britain : towards "a long overdue Renaissance"? / Gordon Cox ; France : an uncertain and unequal combat / François Madurell ; Germany : educational goals, curricular structure, political principles / Wilfried Gruhn ; Ireland : curriculum development in troubled times / Marie McCarthy ; Norway : educational progress or stasis on the outskirts of Europe / Fred Ola Bjørnstad and Magne Espeland ; Spain : a journey from a nominal towards a universally implemented curriculum / Gabriel Rusinek and Susana Sarfson; title: North America. Canada : diverse developments across the decades / Nancy F.Vogan ; United States of America : reflections on the development and effectiveness of compulsory music education / Jere T. Humphreys; title: Latin America. Argentina : from "música vocal" to "educación artística : música" / Ana Lucía Frega with Alicia de Couve and Claudia dal Pino ; Cuba : music education and revolution / Lisa Lorenzino; title: Africa and Asia-Pacific. Australia : recurring problems and unresolved issues / Robin Stevens and Jane Southcott ; China : socio-political constructions of school music / Wai-Chung Ho ; Japan : music as a moral tool? / Masafumi Ogawa; title: South Africa. Indigenous roots, cultural imposition and an uncertain future / Robin Stevens and Eric Akrofi.