Singing in the Spirit
Spiritual Practices Inside Public School Classrooms
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9728807 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nadjwa E L Norton (City University of New York, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 342-360 |
| Publication date | 2008-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Education and Urban Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-1245 • E-ISSN: 1552-3535 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0013124507304488 |
| OpenAlex | W2041381305 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 26 |
This article examines how one spiritual, Black, male, first grade teacher and one spiritual, Black first grader name music as a spiritual practice. The data arise from a 1-year multicultural feminist critical narrative inquiry. The findings demonstrate how the participants' age, ethnicity, class, and spirituality shape music as a spiritual practice. The study details how spiritual people negotiate public schools, conceptualize diverse notions of spirituality, and engage reflection. The article calls for the creation of more equitable policies and practices within schools that value and draw on music as an aspect of spirituality of the students and teachers within
Aesthetics · Art · Cultural pluralism · Ethnic group · Multiculturalism · Narrative · Negotiation · Pedagogy · Singing · Social science · Sociology · Spirituality · Value (mathematics · Diverse Music Education Insights · Education Methods and Practices · Gender Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,44 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2025 (16) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |