headphones and music listening
How many readers remember the clumsy headphones that weighed two pounds that we used 25-30 years ago? It was the most tiring […]
Author: Jesse Rathgeber
Community Music in the UK: Historical Perspectives
The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to change it (Marx, 1978). Community arts is, […]
Welcome to Policy in Music Education
Welcome to the Policy and Music Education eColumn. Understanding and influencing policy is crucial if music educators are to have some degree […]
Behavioral Objectives and the Good Life
I should not dabble with moral theology, ed but I really believe that one way to get a person to live the good […]
Deficit Models…
The deficit model which continues to be a pervasive force in Urban Education policy and reform is especially harmful to Music, Fine […]
Welcome to the Music in the Urban Context eColumn
Welcome to the Music in the Urban Context Ecolumn. This blog will address social, economic, cultural, pedagogic and musical elements about education and music […]
Action Is the Way in Which Human Beings Exist in the World
Conversation with Professor Hans Joas with Claus Otto Scharmer Reprinted from http://www.dialogonleadership.org by permission of professors Scharmer and Joas Hans Joas: The […]
What if there were no such thing as the aesthetic?
The reach of the aesthetic ‘Art takes us out of ourselves‘ ‘All art is quite useless’ ‘Art is special’ Anything can be […]
Why Do Humans Value Music?
[This brief talk was delivered on March 10, 2000 at the (USA) Music Educators National Conference in Washington D.C. as part of […]