History of Music Ed
Aesthetic Education (and its Criticisms)
Post-Modernist Thinking
Inclusion and Marginalized Voices
My Philosophy
100

This early 20th century education reformer founded the principles of student-centered learning.

Who was John Dewey?

100

This educator coined the phrase "arts education as aesthetic education".

Who was Bennett Reimer?

100

In his 2016 book Remixing the Classroom, this educator disavowed the Master-Apprentice model of teaching.

Who is Randall Allsup?

100

This educator authored Pedagogy of the Oppressed, and believes in a fully democratic classroom dynamic.

Who is Paolo Freire?

100

In typical Dewey fashion, my classroom will have elements of a "museum", but be mostly a...

What is a laboratory?

200

This 18th century Swiss educator believed in "sound before sight" and "practice before theory".  

Who was Pestalozzi?

200

Educators criticized Reimer for providing answers instead of this (which restricts philosophical alternatives).

What is raising questions?

200

David Elliott wrote this 1995 book to offer a "Praxial" philosophy on music education.

What is Music Matters?

200

This educator believes music can serve as a means of maintaining a cultural identity for the displaced.

Who is Dr. Kihn T. Vu?

200

As I remix my classroom to include student-centered learning, I will take on this role instead of "instructor".

What is a facilitator?

300

Called America's first public school music educator and the "father of singing among the children", this educator believed frequent use of the voice is the most important aspect of music education.

Who was Lowell Mason?

300

One flaw of aesthetic education is that it does not acknowledge music's relationship with this.

What is culture?

300

David Elliott believes "because people are inherently musical, they ___________".

What is "deserve to learn music by making music"?

300

Deborah Bradley writes that other culture's philosophies should not be compared to a Euro-centric standard, and should instead be seen as this.

What is different, but equally valid?

300

Rather than product-oriented, my student assessment will be about this element of music making.

What is process-oriented?

400

In The Juvenile Lyre, Ives and Mason write that music education should not be only for "the talented", and should instead be...

What is universal (or for all children)?

400

Viewing music for its aesthetic quality is a _______-oriented view, which neglects the concept of human participation.

What is a "product-oriented" view?

400

When students are interacting with music in many ways, including performing, composing, conducting, arranging, setting up for a performance, etc., they are doing this.

What is musicking?

400

Talbot believes there are barriers to marginalized groups entering the music education field, including:

What is having to know western literature and standard notation sheet music?

400

I am interested in elements of Elliott's "Reflective Music Practica", which is this.

What are classroom experiences that mirror real-world music-making?
500

Horace Mann believed music education should not be an exact science, but instead a...

What is a dynamic art?

500

This challenges the view of Euro-centric music education as the standard.

What is multiculturalism?

500

While criticized as being passive, ________ to other performers is an important part of being a "musicer".

What is listening?

500
This educator warns of the difference between helping and rescuing, and the prospect for critical theory to lapse into colonization.

Who is Deborah Bradley?

500

This educator believes that because music can be a force for social reform, we have a responsibility to use it as such.

Who is Brent Talbot?  

(Also who am I?)

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