Gender Issues in Scandinavian Music Education: From Stereotypes to Multiple Possibilities (ISME Series in Music Education)

ISBN: 0367481421

Author: Onsrud, Silje Valde

Condition: New

Gender Issues in Scandinavian Music Education: From Stereotypes to Multiple Possibilities introduces much-needed updates to research and teaching philosophies that envision new ways of considering gender diversity in music education. This volume of essays by Scandinavian contributors looks beyond the dominant Anglo-American lens while confronting a universal need to resist and rethink the gender stereotypes that limit a young persons musical development. Addressing issues at all levels of music education-from primary and secondary schools to conservatories and universities- topics discussed include:the intersection of social class, sexual orientation, and teachers beliefs; gender performance in the music classroom and its effects on genre and instrument choice; hierarchical inequalities reinforced by power and prestige structures; strategies to fulfill curricular aims for equality and justice that meet the diversity of the classroom; and much more!Representing a commitment to developing new practices in music education that subvert gender norms and challenge heteronormativity, Gender Issues in Scandinavian Music Education fills a growing need to broaden the scope of how gender and equality are situated in music education-in Scandinavia and beyond.