Full Description
In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic swept the world causing physical, emotional, economic, and social upheaval in every part of the globe. It also catalyzed a renewed interrogation, by music education faculty in higher education, of philosophies and practices that had long gone unexamined.
Music Education on the Verge: Stories of Pandemic Teaching and Transformative Change is a collection of narratives by music teacher-educators describing how they responded to the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic with, and for, their students. Through these stories, the authors step back and reflect on the events, challenges, triumphs, and innovations discovered as they prepared the next generation of music educators in this time of crisis. They tell stories of reexamining old frameworks, discovering new affordances of technologies, humanizing pedagogy, deepening culturally responsive and sustaining experiences, and creating space for democratic practices. Each chapter offers examples of innovative music pedagogy that can be adapted and applied by music educators and music teacher educators with their students. Collectively, they paint a picture of possibilities, challenging music teacher-educators— and educators in all fields— to seek out openings and pursue pedagogies of change as we move forward into a post-pandemic world.
Contents
List of Figures
Foreword
Randall Everett Allsup
Prologue
Judy Lewis and Andrea Maas
Acknowledgments
Part I: Flint Stones and Foundational Frameworks
Chapter One: Reflecting on Pandemic Teaching and Technology
Emmett James O'Leary
Chapter Two: A Thriving Form of Communication: Understanding Chat Within an Online Discussion-based Course
Sheelagh Chadwick
Chapter Three: Discovering Potential in a Pandemic: Performing, Responding, Connecting, and Creating in Instrumental Music Teaching
Jonathan G. Schaller
Chapter Four: The Digital Audio Workstation in the Aural Skills Classroom: Using Reason as a Tool for Dictation Practice
Jerod Sommerfeldt
Chapter Five: Sound Learning: The Pedagogical Pivots of Teaching Artists
Michelle Amosu Thomas, Michelle Mercier-De Shon, Patrick K. Freer, and Luiz Barcellos
In Dialogue: Letters Across the Pond
Marsha Baxter and Marie Louise Bowe
Part II: Culture, Care, and Community Hearths
Chapter Six: Reclaiming the Musical Kauhale: Kanikapila and Mo'Olelo a Choral
