Full Description
This book is a collection of leading international authors in the field of music education taking the concept of 'craft' as a starting point to deconstruct and reconstruct their understanding of the practices and theories of music education. Their insights draw from deep wells of resources located in historical, philosophical, epistemological, musicological and educational traditions that lead to rich and complex insights on the evolving field of music education. In so doing, they generate a constellation of new understandings and illustrations of what crafts can mean in this field. Historically, the idea of craft was typically associated with a skill or experience in knowing how to do or make something, or an activity of some kind that requires specific professional skills. In Old Norse, the concept for craft was kraptr, meaning strength and virtue, while Old English and continental use was associated with power and physical strength, as well as skill. When these definitionsof 'crafts' are infused into contemporary understandings of the field of music education as a professional field, a whole new set of possible interpretations are unearthed. Such insights are not exhaustive, but rather, point the way in which this professional, diverse, inclusive and ambiguous field might continue to evolve in the 21st century.
Contents
I Opening.- Craftmanship in academia: Skilled improvisation in research, teaching and leadership.- Conceptualising music education as "Craft": Responses to an invitation.- II "Music Education" as a Sustainable Craft in Society.- The craft of music teaching in a changing society.- Crafting music education for all? The composite knowledge base of music education in times of cultural diversity and social polarisation.- Music education in England as a political act: Reflections on a craft under pressure.- Educating music teachers for the future: The crafts of change.- III Music Education Practices Reframed.- The craft of music teaching in a changing society: Singing as meaning, education and craft - Reflections on Lithuanian singing practices.- Artistic citizenship and the crafting of mutual musical care.- Music listening: An evolution of craft.- The craft of (Re-)presenting musical works.- Developing craftsmanship in music education in a Palestinian refugee camp and Lebanese schools.- A creative global science classroom: Crafting the global science opera.- The craft of teaching musical improvisation improvisationally: Towards a theoretical framework.- Phronesis in music education.- Approaching vulnerability through contemporary music: The Gelland approach.- The Kraptr of aging folk musicians: Mental practice for the future.- Music education as craft: Reframing a rationale.
