Music is a powerful means for educating citizens in a multicultural society and meeting many challenges shared by teachers across all subjects and grade levels. By celebrating heritage and promoting intercultural understandings, music can break down barriers between various ethnic, racial, cultural, and language groups within elementary and secondary schools. This book provides important insights for educators in music, the arts, and other subjects on the role that music can play in the curriculum as a powerful bridge to cultural understanding. The author documents key ideas and practices that have influenced current music education, particularly through efforts of ethnomusicologists in collaboration with educators, and examines some of the promises and pitfalls in shaping multicultural education through music. The text highlights World Music Pedagogy as a gateway to studying other cultures as well as the importance of including local music and musicians in the classroom.
| ISBN: | 9780807758830 |
| Publication date: | 19th January 2018 |
| Author: | Patricia Shehan Campbell |
| Publisher: | Teachers College Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 240 pages |
| Series: | Multicultural Education Series |
| Genres: |
Music Educational strategies and policy Teaching skills and techniques Teaching of a specific subject |