What's So Important About Music Education? (Routledge Research in Education) [Hardcover]

J. Scott Goble (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 18, 2010 | ISBN-10: 0415800544 | ISBN-13: 978-0415800549

What’s So Important About Music Education? addresses the history of rationales provided for music education in the United States. J. Scott Goble explains how certain factors stemming from the nation's constitutional separation of church and state, its embrace of democracy and capitalism, and the rise of recording, broadcast, and computer technologies have brought about changes in the ways music teachers and concerned others have conceptualized music and its importance in education. In demonstrating how many of the personal and societal benefits of musical engagement have come to be obscured in the nation’s increasingly diverse public forum, Goble also argues for the importance of musical engagement in human life and for the importance of music in education. The book concludes with recommendations for teaching the musical practices of the nation's constituent cultural communities in schools in terms of their respective cultural meanings.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"What’s So Important About Music Education? is a thoroughly engaging, insightful, and detailed exploration of the history, philosophy, and significance of music education ...this is unquestionably a valuable book that every serious music student, teacher, and school administrator should read. Goble has assembled and discussed a truly vast and impressive amount of information, combined and synthesized it in a thoughtful and convincing manner, and presented the reader with new educational goals that are truly admirable and inspiring."--Teachers College Record

"Goble provides a philosophical, historical, pragmatic study of the public school music curriculum as it relates to the new diverse student population....This resource gives readers a perspective on the development of past curricula and provides them with guidance going forward....Recommended [for] graduate students, researchers, and professionals."--CHOICE

About the Author

J. Scott Goble is a musician, teacher, scholar, and conductor who has presented lectures, classes, and workshops and conducted choirs and orchestras throughout North America. He is Associate Professor of Music Education at the University of British Columbia.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: Routledge (February 18, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415800544
• ISBN-13: 978-0415800549
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,849,325 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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