Change in Music Teacher Education: A Philosophical View
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2019
Journal / Book Title
The Oxford Handbook of Preservice Music Teacher Education in the United States
Abstract
This chapter offers a philosophical perspective on the central aims and values of music teacher education with a specific focus on the ethical dimensions of music teaching and learning. Drawing on the work of music education scholars, philosophers of mind, and philosophers of education, the chapter builds an argument for the view that music teacher education should be ethically guided and ethically applied in practice. Additionally, it suggests that “pedagogical content” should include dialogical discussions and activities related to the role of ethics in music teacher education because, among many values, the professional work of future music educators involves highly refined ethical sensibilities and opportunities for their own students to learn the nature of and strategies for acting rightly, appropriately, and responsibly in their future circumstances. Indeed, ethically guided music teacher education offers the profession rich opportunities to develop “ethically right” compassion, caring, and generosity toward others.
DOI
10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190671402.013.4
Book Publisher
Oxford University
Journal ISSN / Book ISBN
9780190671402
Book Editor(s)
Colleen Conway, Kristen Pellegrino, Ann Marie Stanley, Chad West
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Elliott, David J. and Silverman, Marissa, "Change in Music Teacher Education: A Philosophical View" (2019). John J. Cali School of Music Scholarship and Creative Works. 43.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/cali-facpubs/43