Critical Perspectives in Canadian Music Education [Paperback]

Music education in Canada is a vast enterprise that encompasses teaching and learning in thousands of public and private schools, community groups, and colleges and universities. It involves participants from infancy to the elderly in formal and informal settings. Nevertheless, as post-secondary faculties of music and programs are growing significantly, academic books and materials grounded in a Canadian perspective are scarce. This book attempts to fill that need by offering a collection of essays that look critically at various global issues in music education from a Canadian perspective. Topics range from a discussion of the roots of music education in Canada and analysis of music education practices across the country to perspectives on popular music, distance education, technology, gender, globalization, Indigenous traditions, and community music in music education. Foreword by composer R. Murray Schafer.

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Focusing on Critical Practice and Insights in the Music Teacher Education Curriculum

Betty Anne Younker, University of Michigan

What is the purpose of music education in Canadian classrooms? Younker submits that music education provides an opportunity for students to develop critical thinking skills, which can be transferred to other subjects and throughout life.

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Marching to the World Beats: Globalization in the Context of Canadian Music Education

Carol Beynon, Kari Veblen, University of Western Ontario & David Elliott, New York University

The impact of globalization on music education programs, both in schools and community, has been transformed in the last 10 years. What is the impact on music education?

As post-secondary faculties of music and programs are growing significantly, academic books and materials grounded in a Canadian perspective are scarce. This book attempts to fill that need by offering a collection of essays that look critically at various global issues in music educatiol"