About the Contributors
Introduction
Bowman, Wayne Manitoba (Canada)
Frega , Ana Lucia Buenos Aires (Argentina)
I. The Nature and Value of Philosophical Inquiry in Music Education
What should music education expect of philosophy?
Bowman, Wayne Manitoba (Canada)
Frega , Ana Lucia Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Rethinking philosophy, re-viewing musical-emotional experiences
Elliott, David New York University, New York (USA)
Silverman, Marissa Montclair State University, New Jersey (USA)
Voicing imbas: Performing a philosophy of music education
Phelan, Helen Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick (Ireland)
Philosophy of music education as art of life: A Deweyan view
Vakeva, Lauri Sibelius Academy, Helsinki (Finland)
Uncomfortable with immanence
Reimer, Bennett Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois (USA)
II. The Nature and Values of Music
Learning to live music: Musical education as the cultivation of a relationship between self and sound
Pabich, Randall Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)
The grain of the music: Does music education 'mean' something in Japan?
Imada, Tadahiko Hirosaki University (Japan)
Musical education: From identity to becoming
Szekely, Michael Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)
Teaching practices in Persian art music
Naqvi, Erum Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)
Understanding music's therapeutic efficacy: Implications for music education
Thram, Diane International Library of African Music, Rhodes University (South Africa)
III. The Aims of Education
The Impossible Profession
Higgins, Christopher University of Illinois, Urbana (USA)
Education in Latin American music schools: A philosophical perspective
Estrada, Luis Alfonso Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico)
Must music education have an aim?
Howard, V. A. Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. (USA)
Cultivating virtuous character: The Chinese traditional perspective of music education
Wang, Yuh-Wen National Taiwan University (Taiwan)
Ethical dimensions of school-based music education
Regelski, Thomas SUNY Fredonia, New York (USA)
IV. Philosophical Inquiry Directed to Curricular and Instructional concerns
Engaging student ownership of musical ideas
Fiske, Harold University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario (Canada)
Understanding music as the philosophical focus of music education
Swanwick, Keith Institute of Education, University of London (England)
Musical heuristics
Mandolini, Ricardo University Lille (France)
Nurturing the songcatchers: Philosophical issues in creativity and music education
Kratus, John Michigan State University, Lansing (USA)
Avoiding the dangers of postmodern nihilist curricula in music education
Walker, Robert University of New South Wales, Sydney (Australia)
V. Challenges to Philosophical Practice in Music Education
Good for what, good for whom? Decolonizing music education philosophies
Bradley, Deborah University of Wisconsin, Madison (USA)
Place philosophy and music education
Stauffer, Sandra Arizona State University, Tempe (USA)
Music education for
Morton, Charlene University of British Columbia, Vancouver (Canada)
On informalities in music education
Jorgensen, Estelle Indiana University, Bloomington (USA)
VI. Afterword
But is it philosophy?
Bowman, Wayne Manitoba (Canada)
Frega , Ana Lucia Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Index