A Brief Introduction to A Philosophy of Music and Music Education as Social Praxis

by Thomas A. Regelski

Overview

Music and Music Education as Social Praxis is a brief introduction to a praxial theory of music education, defined by author. It is grounded in an interdisciplinary approach, for undergraduate and graduate students in music education. Drawing upon scholarship from a range of disciplines, including philosophy and sociology, the book emphasizes and highlights thinking of music as an active social practice and offers an alternative to existing approaches to music education. This text advocates for an alternative approach to teaching music, rooted in the social practice of music, and will supplement Foundations or Methods courses in the Music Education curriculum.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317415305
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/07/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	142
File size:	911 KB

About the Author

Thomas A. Regelski

Table of Contents

CHAPTER ONE

Comparing down-to-earth music praxis with aesthetic speculations

CHAPTER TWO

Obscurum per obscurius

CHAPTER THREE

Predictable Problems of Aesthetic Theory as a basis for Music Education

CHAPTER FOUR

Practice theory and praxis

CHAPTER FIVE

Music education as and for praxis*

CHAPTER SIX

Praxis in music and music education

CHAPTER SEVEN

Action Learning and Breaking 100 in Music