(Re)organizing the music curriculum as multicultural music education
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21489898 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alethea de Villiers (0000-0002-7452-5083, Nelson Mandela University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 383-393 |
| Publication date | 2021-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Music Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0255-7614 • E-ISSN: 1744-795X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0255761420986219 |
| OpenAlex | W3118735761 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 10 |
Cultural hegemony permeates society and is spread through social institutions. These institutions socialize people into the norms, values and beliefs of the dominant social groups. Moreover, cultural hegemony is spread and perpetuated through education in the form of compulsory education, a national curriculum, national assessments, as well as the hidden curriculum. The cultural hegemony of Western Art Music is established as the standard of music making and is institutionalized in education systems, national curricula and national assessment practices because it is inherent in ideologies and decision making. To counter the dominant hegemony, multicultural education philosophies have been adopted in democracies. The purpose of multicultural education is to change the dominant hegemony and bring about transformation in policy, attitudes, curriculum, assessment, the language of instruction, and strategies for learning and teaching. In this article, I discuss and compare music curricula from South Africa and Australia to determine how multiculturalism is manifested in the curriculum content for music in schools. I also suggest possible frameworks for curriculum developers in democracies to consider, which would subvert the status quo and establish a counter-hegemony
Cultural hegemony · Curriculum · Hegemony · Ideology · Multicultural education · Multiculturalism · Music education · National curriculum · Pedagogy · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Diverse Music Education Insights · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Law · Multilingual Education and Policy
The Influence of Gender and Institution on the Construction of an Intercultural and Inclusive Music Education
The importance of developing creative thinking in the preparation of music education professionals in universities
Designing music education curriculum in a multicultural environment
Singing across cultures
“It Blew My Mind … ”
| Citations per year | 1.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |