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This book introduces a unique approach to the interconnections between music education and politics. Relevant to researchers and students across music teacher education and performance studies, it speaks to both conservatoires and university contexts, helping us unlock the transformative capacity of music education.
List of contents
List of figures List of ContributorsWhy music education needs transformative politics: IntroductionGert Biesta, Tuulikki Laes, and Heidi Westerlund
Chapter 1. Reclaiming the education question for music education: Groundwork for a transformative politicsGert Biesta
Chapter 2. Expanding mental models in music education: Transformational praxis beyond the expert gaze Heidi Westerlund and Albi Odendaal
Chapter 3. Music educators as imaginative "designers": Emerging transformative ecopolitics in higher educationHeidi Westerlund, Danielle Treacy, Katja Thomson, and Albi Odendaal
Chapter 4. The paradox of social innovations within music schools: Taking critical responsibility in transformative practice Hanna Backer Johnsen, Geir Johansen, and Tuulikki Laes
Chapter 5. Policy entrepreneurship: towards a new music education professionalism in a risk societyPatrick Schmidt and Tuulikki Laes
Chapter 6. The Pædeia process in music education: Recuperating creativity as democratic educationPanagiotis A. Kanellopoulos
Chapter 7. The transformative politics of music education research: Navigating public scholarship through transepistemic synthesisGert Biesta, Tuulikki Laes, and Heidi Westerlund
Chapter 8. A manifesto for transformative politics in music education Gert Biesta, Tuulikki Laes and Heidi Westerlund
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About the author
Tuulikki Laes is University Researcher at the University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland, and an Academy Research Fellow appointed by the Research Council of Finland (2023-2027).
Gert Biesta is Professor of Educational Theory and Pedagogy in the Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh, UK; Professor of Public Education in the Centre for Public Education and Pedagogy, Maynooth University, Ireland, and Visiting Professor at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences.
Heidi Westerlund is Professor of Music Education at the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland, and Adjunct Professor at Monash University, Australia.
Summary
This book introduces a unique approach to the interconnections between music education and politics. Relevant to researchers and students across music teacher education and performance studies, it speaks to both conservatoires and university contexts, helping us unlock the transformative capacity of music education.
