
Moving back through Dewey, Heidegger, Nietzsche, and Rousseau, the lineage of Western music education finds its origins in Plato and Pythagoras. Yet theories not rooted in the ancient Greek tradition are all but absent. A Way of Music Education provides a much-needed intervention, integrating ancient Chinese thought into the canon of music education in a structured, systematized, and philosophical way. The book's three central sources - the Yijing (The Book of Changes), Confucianism, and Daoism - inform author C. Victor Fung's argument: that the human being exists as an entity at the center of an organismic world in which all things and events, including music and music education, are connected. Fung ultimately proposes a new educational philosophy based on three key ideas in Chinese thought: change, balance, and liberation. A unique work, A Way of Music Education offers a universal approach engrained in a specific and ancient cultural tradition.
How can ancient Chinese philosophical traditions provide a necessary expansion to the Western-centric canon of music education? Author C. Victor Fung, a scholar in music education, utilizes the Yijing, Confucianism, and Daoism to construct a systematic framework that positions the human experience as an interconnected part of an organismic world. He argues that integrating these perspectives allows for a more universal approach to teaching and learning music.
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Experts recognize this work as a significant contribution to the diversification of music education philosophy. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose, which requires familiarity with both educational theory and classical Chinese thought.
Page Count:
240
Publication Date:
2018-01-04
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0190234466
ISBN-13:
9780190234461
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