Adam John Kruse
Biographic Data
| ID | 5872287 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adam John Kruse |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adam John |
| FAMILY NAME | Kruse |
| SIGNATURE | KRUSE A J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3967-0752 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Culture, Creation, and Community in Hip-Hop Classrooms
There are many reasons that music educators might have for wanting to include Hip Hop in their teaching, ranging from relevance to representation, creativity to culturally responsive teaching, or disrupting Eurocentrism and decentering whiteness. While the reasoning might vary from context to context, these aims matter deeply and will influence the possibilities for providing inclusive and transformative music education spaces for students. In or…
Music Educators as DJs
To investigate how music educators engage their students with Hip-Hop, we adopted a “research remix” approach, combining elements of case study and constructivist grounded theory. This approach allowed us to privilege Hip-Hop culture and to construct new understandings about Hip-Hop teaching and learning. Six elementary and middle school music teachers implemented Hip-Hop-focused instruction in their classrooms while also attending professional d…
‘Take a back seat’
With the purpose of exploring how engaging with Hip-Hop might contribute toward decentering Whiteness in US music education, this research aims to understand the perceptions of three White music educators in the United States teaching Hip-Hop in their classrooms comprising majority students of color. The study explores participants’ past experiences with Hip-Hop, their current teaching practices, and the influence that teaching Hip-Hop has had on…
“He didn’t know what he was doin’”
In this article, I share findings from a research study about a high school Hip-Hop course in the United States and offer considerations toward informing culturally responsive teaching and decentering Whiteness in music education. I explored the experiences and perceptions of majority students of color in a Hip-Hop course taught by a White music educator who was largely inexperienced with Hip-Hop. I was curious to understand how the students saw …
Male and Female Photographic Representation in 50 Years of Music Educators Journal
Considering the potential for stereotypes to shape professional expectations, the four researchers in this study investigated photographic representation of adult men and women in implied positions of authority in 50 years (1962–2011) of issues of Music Educators Journal ( MEJ). Data included every photograph ( N = 7,288) of adults conducting, teaching or presenting, or granted the authority of having their picture labeled with their name (named …
Male and Female Photographic Representation in 50 Years of Music Educators Journal
Considering the potential for stereotypes to shape professional expectations, the four researchers in this study investigated photographic representation of adult men and women in implied positions of authority in 50 years (1962–2011) of issues of Music Educators Journal ( MEJ). Data included every photograph ( N = 7,288) of adults conducting, teaching or presenting, or granted the authority of having their picture labeled with their name (named …
Male and Female Photographic Representation in 50 Years of Music Educators Journal
Considering the potential for stereotypes to shape professional expectations, the four researchers in this study investigated photographic representation of adult men and women in implied positions of authority in 50 years (1962–2011) of issues of Music Educators Journal ( MEJ). Data included every photograph ( N = 7,288) of adults conducting, teaching or presenting, or granted the authority of having their picture labeled with their name (named …
‘Take a back seat’
With the purpose of exploring how engaging with Hip-Hop might contribute toward decentering Whiteness in US music education, this research aims to understand the perceptions of three White music educators in the United States teaching Hip-Hop in their classrooms comprising majority students of color. The study explores participants’ past experiences with Hip-Hop, their current teaching practices, and the influence that teaching Hip-Hop has had on…
“He didn’t know what he was doin’”
In this article, I share findings from a research study about a high school Hip-Hop course in the United States and offer considerations toward informing culturally responsive teaching and decentering Whiteness in music education. I explored the experiences and perceptions of majority students of color in a Hip-Hop course taught by a White music educator who was largely inexperienced with Hip-Hop. I was curious to understand how the students saw …
Music Educators as DJs
To investigate how music educators engage their students with Hip-Hop, we adopted a “research remix” approach, combining elements of case study and constructivist grounded theory. This approach allowed us to privilege Hip-Hop culture and to construct new understandings about Hip-Hop teaching and learning. Six elementary and middle school music teachers implemented Hip-Hop-focused instruction in their classrooms while also attending professional d…
Culture, Creation, and Community in Hip-Hop Classrooms
There are many reasons that music educators might have for wanting to include Hip Hop in their teaching, ranging from relevance to representation, creativity to culturally responsive teaching, or disrupting Eurocentrism and decentering whiteness. While the reasoning might vary from context to context, these aims matter deeply and will influence the possibilities for providing inclusive and transformative music education spaces for students. In or…
Diverse Music Education Insights (5 works) · Music History and Culture (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Art (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Critical Race Theory in Education (2 works) · Music education (2 works) · Neuroscience and Music Perception (2 works)