Description
About the Author
Patrick Schmidt is Chair of Music Education at Western University, Canada. His innovative work in policy studies, critical pedagogy, and urban music education is recognized nationally and internationally. He serves in several editorial boards and is widely published in national and international journals. Beyond his scholarly work, Schmidt led several consulting and evaluative projects including recent work for the National Young Arts Foundation, and the New World Symphony in the USA, as well as for the Ministry of Culture and Education in Chile. He co-edited the Oxford Handbook for Social Justice and Music Education. Richard Colwell is Professor Emeritus of Music Education at the University of Illinois and the New England Conservatory of Music. He is the founding editor of the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education and the Quarterly Journal of Music Teaching and Learning. He is also a Guggenheim scholar and a member of MENC's Hall of Fame.
Reviews
[It] not only provides the general readership with a well-rounded basis for comprehending music education policy in various regions, but it also offers music education stakeholders' perspectives regarding the meaning, value, and the importance of participating in policy development and its implementation ... This book provides comprehensive academic insights. It would be not only an entry point of readers' approach on music education policy, but also a scholastic discourse for further debate and research. * Hung-Pai Chen, Philosophy of Music Education Review *
Schmidt and Colwell's Policy and the Political Life of Music Education provides a thorough introduction to many of the historical, contemporary, and global issues surrounding music education policy. Additionally, the book encourages music educators of differentiated experiences in policy to further explore new ideas not fullyextrapolated in the text. * David Potter, Michigan State University, Arts Education Policy Review *
Policy and the Political Life of Music Education maintains that every music educator is essential to the process and progress of policy in the United States. These writings allow each of us to become active policy makers by finding a common vocabulary for discussion, goal-setting, and decision making that will influence the quality and nature of our music programs for years to come. * Kodaly Envoy *
Book Information
ISBN 9780190246150
Author Patrick Schmidt
Format Paperback
Page Count 296
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 431g
Dimensions(mm) 231mm * 155mm * 18mm