Program
Music Education
College
Fine Arts
Student Level
Master's
Start Date
7-11-2019 2:00 PM
End Date
7-11-2019 3:45 PM
Abstract
This arts-based thesis focuses on the discovery and dissemination of musiceducation pedagogy in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Through observationand participation in Albuquerque Public Schools (APS), I seek to provideexamples of Freirean Pedagogy (FP) that current teachers already use andmay utilize in the future. FP in the music classroom may include thefollowing practices: democratic decision-making, open writing/discussionprompts, group composition, project-based learning, and studyingnon-Western art music. I will observe and interview band/orchestrateachers to collect data for this study, then present my findings to musiceducators in APS. I want teachers to learn how they can embody Freire'sideas in their middle and high school music classes. In particular, I ask:How might teachers already be employing FP with or without explicitknowledge of this pedagogy? How, if at all, do teachers perceive theirpersonal connection to FP in their own teaching?
Freirean Pedagogy in Music Education
This arts-based thesis focuses on the discovery and dissemination of musiceducation pedagogy in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Through observationand participation in Albuquerque Public Schools (APS), I seek to provideexamples of Freirean Pedagogy (FP) that current teachers already use andmay utilize in the future. FP in the music classroom may include thefollowing practices: democratic decision-making, open writing/discussionprompts, group composition, project-based learning, and studyingnon-Western art music. I will observe and interview band/orchestrateachers to collect data for this study, then present my findings to musiceducators in APS. I want teachers to learn how they can embody Freire'sideas in their middle and high school music classes. In particular, I ask:How might teachers already be employing FP with or without explicitknowledge of this pedagogy? How, if at all, do teachers perceive theirpersonal connection to FP in their own teaching?
