Aesthetic Justifications for Music Education: a Theoretical Examination of Their Usefulness
Description:
Justifications for music education have been studied only by examining historical trends in statements of aesthetic versus utilitarian values, and not from the perspective of evaluating the justifications' usefulness. A number of prominent writers in the music education field, while supporting aesthetic values as important for music education, have expressed doubts about the effectiveness of aesthetic justifications when used for convincing outsiders of the importance of music in the public sch…
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Date:
December 1988
Creator:
Paul, Stephen John
Partner:
UNT Libraries