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Title
The Cloud of Musical Knowledge: Towards a Critical Music Theory Pedagogy
Series
Advances in Educational Technologies and Instructional Design (AETID) Book Series
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008:
Author(s)
Publication Date
2018
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008
Abstract
This chapter positions the teaching of music theory in the online sphere as a powerful and unlikely site for critical pedagogy. Teaching music theory in the online platform should not ask questions of how best to digitally recast music theory classes, but to consider how teaching online can change the way students approach, explore, and respond to theory content. This happens in what the author labels "the cloud of musical knowledge," which is mutable, accessible, and democratic. Music theory suffers from being largely considered separate from political and cultural discussion, and as a result is a hidden bullet of neoliberalism and conservativism that reminds students from minorities that their opinions do not matter and similarly it does not remind other students to consider their own privileged perspective. By exploring the intersections of critical pedagogy and music theory and detailing the structure of online music theory lessons, the author argues for an open and inviting space in which students do not think of music theory as being other than themselves and their experience.
Publication Type
Book Chapter
Source of Publication
Pedagogy Development for Teaching Online Music, p. 165-182
Publisher
IGI Global
Place of Publication
Hershey, United States of America
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020
Peer Reviewed
Yes
HERDC Category Description
ISBN
9781522551102
9781522551096
Peer Reviewed
Yes
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