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Music, mind and education / Keith Swanwick.

By: Swanwick, Keith [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Routledge, 1988 [1991]Description: ix, 169 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0415014794 (paperback).Subject(s): Music -- Instruction and study | Music -- Psychological aspects | Music -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 780.7
Contents:
In praise of theory: does it matter what we think? -- What makes music musical? -- The arts, mind, and education -- Musical development: the early years -- Musical development beyond infancy -- The cultural exclusiveness of music -- Music education in a pluralist society -- Instruction and encounter -- Generating a curriculum and assessing students.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Keith Swanwick explores the psychological and sociological dimensions of musical experience and the implications of these for children's development and music education in schools and colleges. Music is seen, with the other arts, as contributing to the growth of mind, with deep psychological roots in play. Swanwick examines the ways in which children make their own music, and confirms that there is an observable sequence of development. His insights into musical experience help to draw together and interpret fragmented psychological work that has been done in the field and make it possible to plan music education in schools, colleges and studios in a more purposeful way. His analysis of the nature of musical experience and music education has consequences both for curriculum development and the assessment of students' work, with special reference given to the National Curriculum and GCSE.

Bibliography: (pages156-160) and index.

In praise of theory: does it matter what we think? -- What makes music musical? -- The arts, mind, and education -- Musical development: the early years -- Musical development beyond infancy -- The cultural exclusiveness of music -- Music education in a pluralist society -- Instruction and encounter -- Generating a curriculum and assessing students.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Acknowledgements (p. xi)
  • Introduction (p. 1)
  • 1 In Praise of Theory-Does It Matter What We Think? (p. 6)
  • 2 What Makes Music Musical? (p. 19)
  • 3 The Arts, Mind, and Education (p. 35)
  • 4 Musical Development: the Early Years (p. 52)
  • 5 Musical Development Beyond Infancy (p. 70)
  • Interlude from Theory to Practice (p. 88)
  • 6 The Cultural Exclusiveness of Music (p. 90)
  • 7 Music Education in a Pluralist Society (p. 102)
  • 8 Instruction and Encounter (p. 120)
  • 9 Generating a Curriculum and Assessing Students (p. 139)
  • References (p. 156)
  • Index (p. 161)

Reviews provided by Syndetics

CHOICE Review

Swanwick's book provides an excellent complement to another recent offering from Britain, Peter Fletcher's Education and Music (CH, Mar '88). Both books deal specifically with problems of British music education, but topics addressed are also of interest in the US to students in music and education as well as others concerned with curriculum development and assessment of music programs. While Fletcher (Welsh College of Music and Drama) examines the individual roles of music and educational theory within the music-teaching process, Swanwick (Institute of Education, London University) proposes a theory consistent with the nature of the musical experience and the musical development of children as the basis for curriculum development and assessment. Cognizant of the impact of musical experiences outside the school, the author argues that formal music education at any level should emphasize a spirit of music criticism and an intercultural relationship between the music making of students and the greater world of music. Upper-division undergraduate and graduate collections. -E. Franklin, Winthrop College

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Keith Swanwick is Professor of Music Education in London University, at the Institute of Education.