Debates in Music Teaching encourages student and practising teachers to engage with contemporary issues and developments in music education. It aims to introduce a critical approach to the central concepts and practices that have influenced major interventions and initiatives in music teaching, and supports the development of new ways of looking at ideas around teaching and learning in music.

Accessible and comprehensive chapters will stimulate thinking and creativity in relation to theory and practice, and will facilitate readers in reaching their own informed judgements and rationalising their position with deep theoretical knowledge and understanding. Throughout the book, international experts in the field consider key issues including:
the justification for music in the school curriculum partnerships in music education and the identity of the music teacher technology and conceptions of musicianship social justice and music education the place of diverse musical genres and traditions in the music curriculum critical thinking and music education autonomy and integrity for music in cross-curricular work the politics, sociology and philosophy of music education.

Debates in Music Teaching is for all student and practising teachers interested in furthering their understanding of the subject. Including carefully annotated further reading and reflective questions to help shape research and writing, this collection stimulates critical and creative thinking in relation to contemporary debates within music education.

Contents

Philosophical, Sociological and Psychological Foundations

What can reflective teachers learn from philosophies of music education? From Personal Philosophy to Critical Cultural Readership. Heidi Westerlund

Policy and Practice in Music Education: A Sociological Perspective. Ruth Wright

Creativity, Culture and the Practice of Music Education. John Finney

The Justification for Music in the Curriculum: Music Can be Bad forris Philpott

What is Musical Development and Can Education Make a Difference? Keith Swanwick

Political Perspectives

Music Education and Social Justice: Towards a Radical Political History and Vision. Paul Woodford

The National Curriculum as Manifest Destiny. Cathy Benedict and Patrick Schmidt

Musical Ideologies, Practices and Pedagogies: Addressing Pupil Alienation through a Praxial Approach to the Music Curriculum. Gary Spruce with Francesca Matthews

The Pedagogy of Music

Integrity and Autonomy for Music in a Creative and Cross-Curriculum. Jonathan Barnes

Assessment for Self Directed Learning in Music Education. Chris Philpott

Those Who Can – Play; Those Who Can't – Use Music Tech? How Can Teachers Knock Down the Walls Between Music and Music Technology? Jonathan Savage

Musical Knowledge, Critical Conscious and Critical Thinking. Gary Spruce

Music 14-19: Choices, Challenges, and Opportunities. Keith Evans

Partnerships in ...