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Noted music educator Bennett Reimer has selected 24 of his previously published articles from a variety of professional journals spanning the past 50 years. During that time, he’s tackled generating core values for the field of music education; the core in larger societal and educational contexts; what to teach and how to teach it effectively; how we need to educate our teachers; the role of research in our profession; and how to improve our future status…. More >>
Seeking the Significance of Music Education: Essays and Reflections
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#1 by Jerome J. Hausman on April 20, 2010 - 11:57 am
I have known Bennett Reimer and admired his work for a long time. “Seeking the Significance of Music Education: Essays and Reflections” is a very special publication. Essays written over a 50 year time span are now re-printed (as originally published) along with reflections from a present day vantage point. As he puts it: “This book is a kind of intellectual memoir of a life spent grappling with intractable questions relating to music education.” The essays are organized into three parts: Our Values as a School Subject (generating core values; core values in larger contexts); Achieving Our Values (what and how to teach; educating our teachers; the role of research); and Preserving and Enhancing Our Viability (our values in service of our future). So much has happened in the intervening years between the time the essays were written and the present. New technologies have radically altered our means for making and disseminating music. The arts (including music) have become highly politicized. Previous distinctions between “high” and “popular” music have been erased, and the image of the artist has changed. Reimer addresses the consequent issues confronting those who would teach music. Indeed, the issues are those that need to be addressed by all art educators. This is an invaluable book for all those who would want to teach art. Reimer is passionate, clear, and convincing in making the case for education in all of the arts.
Rating: 5 / 5