Transforming school ensemble instruction through spiritually informed teaching practices
The transformative experiences that could be central to learning are curiously absent from American school music education. Students are motivated through competition and the goal of most programmes is flawless large ensemble performance. This paper describes a music programme in which the daily ins...
| Published in: | International journal of children's spirituality |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Taylor & Francis
[2016]
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| In: |
International journal of children's spirituality
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| RelBib Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KBQ North America NCC Social ethics RF Christian education; catechetics ZF Education |
| Further subjects: | B
social outreach
B music education B Social Justice B Spiritual curriculum B school ensembles |
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| Summary: | The transformative experiences that could be central to learning are curiously absent from American school music education. Students are motivated through competition and the goal of most programmes is flawless large ensemble performance. This paper describes a music programme in which the daily instructional practices have been modified and influenced by an outreach programme in which the students taught socially and economically challenged children of similar age. This programme was developed by a teacher with a deep sense of faith. His spiritually informed teaching practices emphasise the same principles of social justice espoused by secular educational philosophers. Parallels between spiritual and educational philosophies and a discussion of the transformations experienced by students conclude the paper. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-8455 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal of children's spirituality
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/1364436X.2016.1251397 |