Music Education Publications
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-2017
Journal
Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education
Volume
16
Issue
1
First Page
79
Last Page
94
Abstract
This response is based on my presentation at Teachers College, Columbia University celebrating the launch of Allsup’s (2016) book, Remixing the Classroom: Toward an Open Philosophy of Music Education. I enter the text with openness, and with a willingness to ponder and consider. As such I offer the following considerations for further “thinking through.” These are considerations, given the context of the book, I feel are necessary to address: independent musician, child centered / learner centered, or constructivism writ large, learning outcomes, and finally the space in the elementary setting for the kinds of pedagogical engagements and purpose Allsup outlines throughout his text.
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Article openly accessible at http://act.maydaygroup.org/articles/Benedict16_1.pdf