Estelle R Jorgensen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3421802 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Estelle R Jorgensen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Estelle R |
| FAMILY NAME | Jorgensen |
| SIGNATURE | JORGENSEN E R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indiana University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0345-8506 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Embattlement, Schism, and Redemption in the Doing of Philosophy of Music Education
In this self-oral historical account, I sketch interconnected pictures of embattlement and schism to suggest two important ways in which philosophy of music education has been undertaken and described over the past half-century in the United States. Less noticed is an alternative picture of redemption that has been operative in my own work and participation in an international community of music education philosophers. Embattlement conjures a phi…
Senior Researcher Award Acceptance Address: Reflections on a Scholar’s Life in Music Education
How is a person to live a balanced, productive, and joyous life as a scholar of music education?" I address four values that are at the heart of scholarship in music education: scholarly publication, scholarly teaching, scholarly service, and scholarly change. Although these values represent what Donald Kennedy (1997) thinks of more broadly as academic duties, I consider them specifically as pertaining to scholarship and within the frame of one's…
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: Values for Music Education
In this article, the meaning of values of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness advanced in the Declaration of Independence (1776) are critically examined from musical and educational perspectives. These values are posited not only as American values but as human values. Their theoretical and practical implications for music education are unpacked and their implications for democratic music education are assessed
Shifting Paradigms in Music Education Research (1953–1978): A Theoretical and Quantitative Reassessment
The purpose of this study was to examine evidence of a hypothesized shift in the operative research paradigms in music education during the first quarter century of the publication of the Journal of Research in Music Education, during the period 1953 to 1978. This shift was from humanities-oriented historical and philosophical studies to scientifically oriented psychological studies, from studies couched at higher levels of generality to more spe…
On thick description and narrative inquiry in music education
The use of `thick description' is evident in various research traditions in the social sciences. Important in American anthropology in the latter half of the 20thcentury, it has been imported somewhat uncritically into educational research. In our time, it is also seen as a means whereby scholars and scholar-practitioners can generate new descriptive knowledge and recover knowledge that has been lost or fallen into obscurity. My present task is t…
Songs to Teach a Nation
On Philosophical Method
The doing of philosophy is characterized by certain features or conditions that can be recognized despite differences in individual style, rigor, or orientation.1 These features are described in terms of how philosophy functions, and I call them “symptoms of the philosophical” because they constitute a profile of aspects that are present to a greater or lesser degree and indicate that philosophy is taking place.2 Each of these symptoms will be sk…
A Dialectical View of Theory and Practice
This philosophical essay explains how a dialectical approach to theory and practice can be useful to music educators. It also offers a dialogical approach to working through the conceptual and practical dilemmas raised by this dialectical approach. The elements of a dialectical approach are explained and criticized using a dramatic metaphor. Dialogue is a dialectic and a strategy for addressing the dialectics of theory and practice. Also, some of…
Engineering Change in Music Education: A Model of the Political Process Underlying the Boston School Music Movement (1829-1838)
In this paper, a dynamic model of the political process underlying the Boston school music movement (1829-1838) is explained. Its function is to generate hypotheses about the political process underlying public school music innovations in Type C politico-organizational environments: those in which executive responsibility for public education is vested in local school boards. Implications of the model include: a “snowball effect” as a movement ga…
On a Choice-Based Instructional Typology in Music
This article presents the case for the systematic study of music instruction using economic analysis. A taxonomy of four choice-based instructional types is derived and hypothetical examples from music instruction are presented. The implications of the analysis for future research are discussed
Selected Indexes of the Academic and Professional Preparation of Music Supervisors in Canada
The purpose of this baseline study was to describe indexes of the academic and professional preparation of music supervisors in Canada, with particular emphasis given to the effects of geographic region in Canada, music supervisor type, and jurisdiction size type on these indexes. The study constitutes a first step toward the generation of a theoretical model and subsequently, of a competency-based model of the academic and professional preparati…
On thick description and narrative inquiry in music education
The use of `thick description' is evident in various research traditions in the social sciences. Important in American anthropology in the latter half of the 20thcentury, it has been imported somewhat uncritically into educational research. In our time, it is also seen as a means whereby scholars and scholar-practitioners can generate new descriptive knowledge and recover knowledge that has been lost or fallen into obscurity. My present task is t…
Shifting Paradigms in Music Education Research (1953–1978): A Theoretical and Quantitative Reassessment
The purpose of this study was to examine evidence of a hypothesized shift in the operative research paradigms in music education during the first quarter century of the publication of the Journal of Research in Music Education, during the period 1953 to 1978. This shift was from humanities-oriented historical and philosophical studies to scientifically oriented psychological studies, from studies couched at higher levels of generality to more spe…
A Dialectical View of Theory and Practice
This philosophical essay explains how a dialectical approach to theory and practice can be useful to music educators. It also offers a dialogical approach to working through the conceptual and practical dilemmas raised by this dialectical approach. The elements of a dialectical approach are explained and criticized using a dramatic metaphor. Dialogue is a dialectic and a strategy for addressing the dialectics of theory and practice. Also, some of…
Senior Researcher Award Acceptance Address: Reflections on a Scholar’s Life in Music Education
How is a person to live a balanced, productive, and joyous life as a scholar of music education?" I address four values that are at the heart of scholarship in music education: scholarly publication, scholarly teaching, scholarly service, and scholarly change. Although these values represent what Donald Kennedy (1997) thinks of more broadly as academic duties, I consider them specifically as pertaining to scholarship and within the frame of one's…
On a Choice-Based Instructional Typology in Music
This article presents the case for the systematic study of music instruction using economic analysis. A taxonomy of four choice-based instructional types is derived and hypothetical examples from music instruction are presented. The implications of the analysis for future research are discussed
Selected Indexes of the Academic and Professional Preparation of Music Supervisors in Canada
The purpose of this baseline study was to describe indexes of the academic and professional preparation of music supervisors in Canada, with particular emphasis given to the effects of geographic region in Canada, music supervisor type, and jurisdiction size type on these indexes. The study constitutes a first step toward the generation of a theoretical model and subsequently, of a competency-based model of the academic and professional preparati…
On a Choice-Based Instructional Typology in Music
This article presents the case for the systematic study of music instruction using economic analysis. A taxonomy of four choice-based instructional types is derived and hypothetical examples from music instruction are presented. The implications of the analysis for future research are discussed
Engineering Change in Music Education: A Model of the Political Process Underlying the Boston School Music Movement (1829-1838)
In this paper, a dynamic model of the political process underlying the Boston school music movement (1829-1838) is explained. Its function is to generate hypotheses about the political process underlying public school music innovations in Type C politico-organizational environments: those in which executive responsibility for public education is vested in local school boards. Implications of the model include: a “snowball effect” as a movement ga…
A Dialectical View of Theory and Practice
This philosophical essay explains how a dialectical approach to theory and practice can be useful to music educators. It also offers a dialogical approach to working through the conceptual and practical dilemmas raised by this dialectical approach. The elements of a dialectical approach are explained and criticized using a dramatic metaphor. Dialogue is a dialectic and a strategy for addressing the dialectics of theory and practice. Also, some of…
On Philosophical Method
The doing of philosophy is characterized by certain features or conditions that can be recognized despite differences in individual style, rigor, or orientation.1 These features are described in terms of how philosophy functions, and I call them “symptoms of the philosophical” because they constitute a profile of aspects that are present to a greater or lesser degree and indicate that philosophy is taking place.2 Each of these symptoms will be sk…
Songs to Teach a Nation
On thick description and narrative inquiry in music education
The use of `thick description' is evident in various research traditions in the social sciences. Important in American anthropology in the latter half of the 20thcentury, it has been imported somewhat uncritically into educational research. In our time, it is also seen as a means whereby scholars and scholar-practitioners can generate new descriptive knowledge and recover knowledge that has been lost or fallen into obscurity. My present task is t…
Shifting Paradigms in Music Education Research (1953–1978): A Theoretical and Quantitative Reassessment
The purpose of this study was to examine evidence of a hypothesized shift in the operative research paradigms in music education during the first quarter century of the publication of the Journal of Research in Music Education, during the period 1953 to 1978. This shift was from humanities-oriented historical and philosophical studies to scientifically oriented psychological studies, from studies couched at higher levels of generality to more spe…
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: Values for Music Education
In this article, the meaning of values of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness advanced in the Declaration of Independence (1776) are critically examined from musical and educational perspectives. These values are posited not only as American values but as human values. Their theoretical and practical implications for music education are unpacked and their implications for democratic music education are assessed
Senior Researcher Award Acceptance Address: Reflections on a Scholar’s Life in Music Education
How is a person to live a balanced, productive, and joyous life as a scholar of music education?" I address four values that are at the heart of scholarship in music education: scholarly publication, scholarly teaching, scholarly service, and scholarly change. Although these values represent what Donald Kennedy (1997) thinks of more broadly as academic duties, I consider them specifically as pertaining to scholarship and within the frame of one's…
Embattlement, Schism, and Redemption in the Doing of Philosophy of Music Education
In this self-oral historical account, I sketch interconnected pictures of embattlement and schism to suggest two important ways in which philosophy of music education has been undertaken and described over the past half-century in the United States. Less noticed is an alternative picture of redemption that has been operative in my own work and participation in an international community of music education philosophers. Embattlement conjures a phi…
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