Sociology and Music Education

Dr Ruth Wright is Associate Professor and Chair of Music Education in the Don Wright Faculty of Music, The University of Western Ontario, Canada.

Contents: Preface; Sociology and music education, Ruth Wright; Research in the sociology of music education: some introductory concepts, Lucy Green; Class, power, culture and the music curriculum, Ruth Wright and Brian Davies; Music education from the perspective of system theory, Geir Johansen; Unpopular music: beliefs and behaviours towards music in education, Alexandra Lamont and Karl Maton; The sociological critique of curriculum music in England: is radical change really possible?, Chris Philpott; Ethnicity and music education: sociological dimensions, David G. Hebert; Towards a sociological perspective on researching children's creative music-making practices: an exercise in self-consciousness, Panagiotis A. Kanellopoulos; Gender identity, musical experience and schooling, Lucy Green; Modernity, identity and musical learning, Geir Johansen; Towards a broader conception of creativity in the music classroom: a case for using Engeström's activity theory as a basis for researching and characterizing group music-making practices, Pamela Burnard and Betty Anne Younker; Revealing musical learning in the informal field, Sidsel Karlsen; Musikdidaktik and sociology, Geir Johansen; Culture, society and music education, Ruth Wright and John Finney; Listening to children: voice, agency and ownership in school musicking, Felicity Laurence; Democracy, social exclusion and music education: possibilities for change, Ruth Wright; Afterword, Christopher Small; Index.