Gender Issues in Scandinavian Music Education

Name: Gender Issues in Scandinavian Music Education
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Gender Issues in Scandinavian Music Education: From Stereotypes to Multiple Possibilities introduces much-needed updates to research and teaching philosophies that envision new ways of considering gender diversity in music education. This volume of essays by Scandinavian contributors looks beyond the dominant Anglo-American lens while confronting a universal need to resist and rethink the gender stereotypes that limit a young person\u2019s musical development. Addressing issues at all levels of music education\u2014from primary and secondary schools to conservatories and universities\u2014 topics discussed include:\n\n--the intersection of social class, sexual orientation, and teachers\u2019 beliefs; \n--gender performance in the music classroom and its effects on genre and instrument choice; \n--hierarchical inequalities reinforced by power and prestige structures; \n--strategies to fulfill curricular aims for equality and justice that meet the diversity of the classroom; \n--and mu.