In Search of Music Education

What is music education, and what ought it to be? By challenging narrowand inadequate conceptions of the field, Estelle Jorgensen raises thepossibility of alternative views that can dignify the teacher's task,enrich and enliven the profession, and validate an exciting range of additionalways in which music education can be undertaken in the contemporary world.One of the most respected leaders in music education, Jorgensen emphasizesworld music and ethnomusicology as equal partners alongside the more conventionalsounds and styles that have dominated the classroom. Exemplifying soundscholarship, thorough research, and compelling argument, In Search of Music Education will be especially welcome wherever teachers striveto deal with requirements for responsible music education.