A Philosophy of Music Education

Advancing the Vision, Third Edition

Bennett Reimer

• Publisher: SUNY Press
• Year: 2022
• ISBN:
  9781438489339
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Music Theory & Appreciation

Bennett Reimer's A Philosophy of Music Education asserts that the nature and value of music education are determined primarily by the nature and value of music. Originally published in 1970 (with the third edition originally published in 2003), this text relates findings in the field of aesthetics to their implications for the practice of music education, thus emphasizing practical applications that students and future educators can employ in their teaching and learning. It addresses an increasingly diverse world in which music is viewed not as a singular practice but as a multitude of related practices. Reimer believes that music has characteristics that make it recognizably and distinctively a practice or an "art"; that these characteristics can be identified to a reasonable and useful degree (but no doubt never definitively); that music is of value to humans and their communities in a variety of ways related to these characteristics; and that the primary mission of music education is to make musical values widely and deeply available. Each chapter includes case studies ("Riffs") and questions for discussion/exploration ("Etudes") that enhance student learning. This reprint edition includes a new introduction by Peter R. Webster that sets Reimer's work in the context of the development of music education pedagogy and illuminates why this remains an important text for today's students. An excellent introductory text for undergraduate or more advanced music education students, A Philosophy of Music Education remains the best single introduction to this important and growing field.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• 1. From Philosophical Concurrence to Diversity: Problems and Opportunities
• 2. Several Alternative Views and a Synergistic Proposal: An Experience-Based Philosophy of Music Education
• 3. The Feeling Dimension of Musical Experience
• 4. The Creating Dimension of Musical Experience
• 5. The Meaning Dimension of Musical Experience
• 6. The Contextual Dimension of Musical Experience
• 7. From Theory to Practice: Musical Roles as Intelligences
• 8. Advancing the Vision: Toward a Comprehensive General Music Program
• 9. Advancing the Vision: Toward a Comprehensive Specialized Music Program
• Index
• Back Cover