Introduction: Music education all over the country The purpose of this essay is to shed light on how the music school network was created in Finland. Besides compulsory music education, Finland has established a network of publicly supported music schools offering voluntary music education for children and adolescents all around the country. (For more information […]
I came across this article about a rural music education program in Oregon. I have mixed feelings, of course. The author, James Bash, writes: ”If you ever grew up out in the middle of nowhere, you might have an understanding of how hard it is to acquire a music education. Some small towns might still have a church organist […]
Being envied is a solitary form of reassurance. It depends precisely upon not sharing your experience with those who envy you. You are observed with interest but you do not observe with interest—if you do, hospital you will become less enviable. (Berger, 1972, p. 133) Thanks to Eva for her response to my first ecolumn. […]
During MayDay Colloquium XX, check cialis sale held June of 2009 in Boston, buy cialis Hildegard Froehlich did this lovely wondering-out-loud-thing she does most beautifully. Thinking aloud with us during the opening session she pondered how she felt she was no longer able to refer to students as “mine” or as “her” students, or “my” […]
The deficit model which continues to be a pervasive force in Urban Education policy and reform is especially harmful to Music, Fine Art, and other Aesthetic based educations in Urban societies throughout America. The dismissal of the immense wealth of Cultural Capital is having a two-fold effect on the ability of teachers to provide more […]
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