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Jan 27, 2022 · Understanding music and musical meaning is a central question in various domains such as philosophy, anthropology, social sciences, semiotics and music education. Discover the world's...
Introduction. This invited article has been prompted by the 35 th anniversary of the ‘The Sequence of Musical Development’, an article by Keith Swanwick and June Tillman that was published in the British Journal of Music Education (BJME) in 1986. At that time, the journal was relatively new, having been first published 2 years earlier in 1984.
Recognizing music education as a social action enables one to balance achieving a mastery of playing, performing, composing, listening, and learning about the historical and cultural background of music.
The article argues that the fundamental challenge is to focus music education on involved “listening” rather than overhearing, to devote musical instruction to developing the capacity to respond to music in the richest possible way, whether as performer, creator, or audience member.
Mar 26, 2021 · The purpose of this article is to articulate clear definitions of music literacy and text, explain what impact they may have on music education generally, and describe their application to day-to-day teaching. The broadened definitions are intended to unite music professionals’ understanding of music literacy and help them more clearly ...
- Paul Broomhead
- 2021
This paper will aim to place the resulting ‘spiral’ in the wider context of Swanwick’s meta-theory of music education and to understand some of the critical issues surrounding it. The paper will conclude with an appraisal of Swanwick’s impact on the theory and practice of music education.
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Apr 5, 2016 · Music education has a long history of defending its place in the school curriculum, with practitioners and researchers alike arguing for the creative, social and cognitive benefits of music in young people's lives.
