Music and Music Education in People's Lives

Music and Music Education in People's Lives is one of five paperback books derived from the foundational two-volume Oxford Handbook of Music Education. Designed for music teachers, students, and scholars of music education, as well as educational administrators and policy makers, this first book in the set provides a framework for understanding the content and context of music education, and for future action within the profession. A broad examination of the philosophical, psychological, cultural, international, and contextual issues that underpin a wide variety of teaching environments or individual attributes is paired with 25 relevant and insightful commentaries from established scholars and music educators. Taken as a whole, Music and Music Education in People's Lives gives clear direction to how the discipline of music education can achieve even greater political, theoretical and professional strength. Contributors Harold F. Abeles, Nick Beach, Wayne D. Bowman, Liora Bresler, Patricia Shehan Campbell, Richard Colwell, Robert A. Cutietta, David J. Elliott, Sergio Figueiredo, Lucy Green, Wilfried Gruhn, David Hargreaves, Sarah Hennessy, Liane Hentschke, Donald A. Hodges, Christopher M. Johnson, Estelle R. Jorgensen, Andreas C. Lehmann, Richard Letts, Håkan Lundström, Raymond MacDonald, Clifford K. Madsen, Andrew J. Martin, Marie McCarthy, Katrina McFerran, Gary E. McPherson, Bradley Merrick, Dorothy Miell, Graça Mota, Bruno Nettl, Bengt Olsson, Susan A. O'Neill, Johnmarshall Reeve, Bennett Reimer, James Renwick, Huib Schippers, Wendy L. Sims, David J. Teachout, Rena Upitis, Peter R. Webster, Graham F. Welch, Paul Woodford

Gary E. McPherson studied music education at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, before completing a master of music education at Indiana University, a doctorate of philosophy at the University of Sydney, and a Licentiate and Fellowship in trumpet performance through Trinity College, London. He is the Ormond Professor and Director of the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music at the University of Melbourne, and has served as National President of the Australian Society for Music Education and President of the International Society for Music Education. His research interests are broad and his approach interdisciplinary. His most important research examines the acquisition and development of musical competence, and motivation to engage and participate in music from novice to expert levels. With a particular interest in the acquisition of visual, aural and creative performance skills he has attempted to understand more precisely how music students become sufficiently motivated and self-regulated to achieve at the highest level.
Graham F. Welch holds the University College London (UCL) Institute of Education Established Chair of Music Education. He is elected Chair of the internationally based Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research (SEMPRE), a former President of the International Society for Music Education (ISME), and past co-chair of the Research Commission of ISME. Current Visiting Professorships include the Universities of Queensland (Australia), Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and Liverpool (UK). He is an ex-member of the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council's (AHRC) Review College for music and has been a specialist consultant for Government departments and agencies in the UK, Italy, Sweden, USA, Ukraine, UAE, South Africa and Argentina. Publications number over three hundred and fifty and embrace musical development and music education, teacher education, the psychology of music, singing and voice science, and music in special education and disability. Publications are in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Swedish, Greek, Japanese and Chinese.

Part 1 Music Education and the Role of Music in People's LivesPart Editor: Gary E. McPherson and Graham F. WelchChapter 1. Introduction and commentary: Music education and the role of music in people's livesGraham F. Welch and Gary E. McPhersonChapter 2. Music's place in educationWayne BowmanChapter 3. International perspectivesMarie McCarthyChapter 4. Music Education PhilosophyDavid J. ElliottChapter 5. Cultural diversity: Beyond 'songs from every land'Huib Schippers and Patricia Shehan CampbellChapter 6. Some contributions of ethnomusicologyBruno NettlChapter 7. Musical identities mediate musical developmentDavid J. Hargreaves, Raymond MacDonald, and Dorothy MiellChapter 8. Supporting motivation in music educationJames M. Renwick and Johnmarshall Reeve Chapter 9. Becoming a music learner: Towards a theory of transformative music engagementSusan A. O'NeillChapter 10. Initiating music programs in new contexts: In search of a democratic music educationGraça Mota and Sergio FigueiredoChapter 11. Implications of neurosciences and brain research for music teaching and learningDonald Hodges and Wilfried GruhnPart 2Critical Reflections and Future Action Part Editor: Gary E. McPherson and Graham F. WelchChapter 12. Commentary: Critical Reflections and Future Action Gary E. McPherson and Graham F. WelchChapter 13. Politics, Policy, and Music Education Hal AbelesChapter 14. Instrumental Teachers and Their Students: Who's in the Driver's Seat?Nick BeachChapter 15. University Professors and the Entrepreneurial Spirit Liora BreslerChapter 16. Pride and Professionalism in Music Education Richard ColwellChapter 17. Pondering the Grand Experiment in Public Music Education Robert A. CutiettaChapter 18. Music Education and Some of Its Subfields: Thoughts about Future Priorities Lucy GreenChapter 19. Music Education: An Unanswered Question Wilfried GruhnChapter 20. Improving Primary Teaching: Minding the Gap Sarah HennessyChapter 21. International Music Education: Setting Up a Global Information SystemLiane HentschkeChapter 22. The Responsibility of Research in Defining the Profession of Music Education Christopher M. JohnsonChapter 23. Constructing Communities of Scholarship in Music Education Estelle R. JorgensenChapter 24. Internationalizing Music Education Andreas C. LehmannChapter 25. Emotion in Music Education Richard LettsChapter 26. Music Education from a Slightly Outside Perspective Håkan LundströmChapter 27. Research Issues in Personal Music Identification Clifford K. MadsenChapter 28. Preparation, Perseverance, and Performance in Music: Views from a Program of Educational Psychology Research Andrew J. MartinChapter 29. Music Therapy in Schools: An Expansion of Traditional Practice Katrina McFerranChapter 30. Embracing New Digital Technologies: Now and into the Future Bradley MerrickChapter 31. Challenges for Research and Practices of Music Education Bengt OlssonChapter 32. All Theoried Up and Nowhere to Go Bennett ReimerChapter 33. Make Research, Not War: Methodologies and Music Education ResearchWendy L. SimsChapter 34. The Preparation of Music Teacher Educators: A Critical Link David J. TeachoutChapter 35. Music and the Arts: As Ubiquitous and Fundamental as the Air We Breathe Rena B. UpitisChapter 36. There Is Nothing Complex about a Correlation Coefficient Peter R. WebsterChapter 37. Dewey's Bastards: Music, Meaning, and Politics Paul Woodford