Tuulikki Laes is University Researcher at the University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland, and an Academy Research Fellow appointed by the Research Council of Finland (2023–2027).Gert Biesta is Professor of Educational Theory and Pedagogy in the Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh, UK; Professor of Public Education in the Centre for Public Education and Pedagogy, Maynooth University, Ireland, and Visiting Professor at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences.Heidi Westerlund is Professor of Music Education at the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland, and Adjunct Professor at Monash University, Australia.

• List of figures List of ContributorsWhy music education needs transformative politics: IntroductionGert Biesta, Tuulikki Laes, and Heidi WesterlundChapter 1. Reclaiming the education question for music education: Groundwork for a transformative politicsGert BiestaChapter 2. Expanding mental models in music education: Transformational praxis beyond the expert gaze Heidi Westerlund and Albi Odendaal Chapter 3. Music educators as imaginative "designers": Emerging transformative ecopolitics in higher educationHeidi Westerlund, Danielle Treacy, Katja Thomson, and Albi OdendaalChapter 4. The paradox of social innovations within music schools: Taking critical responsibility in transformative practice Hanna Backer Johnsen, Geir Johansen, and Tuulikki LaesChapter 5. Policy entrepreneurship: towards a new music education professionalism in a risk societyPatrick Schmidt and Tuulikki LaesChapter 6. The Pædeia process in music education: Recuperating creativity as democratic educationPanagiotis A. KanellopoulosChapter 7. The transformative politics of music education research: Navigating public scholarship through transepistemic synthesisGert Biesta, Tuulikki Laes, and Heidi WesterlundChapter 8. A manifesto for transformative politics in music education Gert Biesta, Tuulikki Laes and Heidi WesterlundIndex

Tuulikki Laes is University Researcher at the University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland, and an Academy Research Fellow appointed by the Research Council of Finland (2023–2027).Gert Biesta is Professor of Educational Theory and Pedagogy in the Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh, UK; Professor of Public Education in the Centre for Public Education and Pedagogy, Maynooth University, Ireland, and Visiting Professor at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences.Heidi Westerlund is Professor of Music Education at the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland, and Adjunct Professor at Monash University, Australia.

• List of figures List of ContributorsWhy music education needs transformative politics: IntroductionGert Biesta, Tuulikki Laes, and Heidi WesterlundChapter 1. Reclaiming the education question for music education: Groundwork for a transformative politicsGert BiestaChapter 2. Expanding mental models in music education: Transformational praxis beyond the expert gaze Heidi Westerlund and Albi Odendaal Chapter 3. Music educators as imaginative "designers": Emerging transformative ecopolitics in higher educationHeidi Westerlund, Danielle Treacy, Katja Thomson, and Albi OdendaalChapter 4. The paradox of social innovations within music schools: Taking critical responsibility in transformative practice Hanna Backer Johnsen, Geir Johansen, and Tuulikki LaesChapter 5. Policy entrepreneurship: towards a new music education professionalism in a risk societyPatrick Schmidt and Tuulikki LaesChapter 6. The Pædeia process in music education: Recuperating creativity as democratic educationPanagiotis A. KanellopoulosChapter 7. The transformative politics of music education research: Navigating public scholarship through transepistemic synthesisGert Biesta, Tuulikki Laes, and Heidi WesterlundChapter 8. A manifesto for transformative politics in music education Gert Biesta, Tuulikki Laes and Heidi WesterlundIndex

Tuulikki Laes is University Researcher at the University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland, and an Academy Research Fellow appointed by the Research Council of Finland (2023–2027).Gert Biesta is Professor of Educational Theory and Pedagogy in the Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh, UK; Professor of Public Education in the Centre for Public Education and Pedagogy, Maynooth University, Ireland, and Visiting Professor at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences.Heidi Westerlund is Professor of Music Education at the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland, and Adjunct Professor at Monash University, Australia.

• List of figures List of ContributorsWhy music education needs transformative politics: IntroductionGert Biesta, Tuulikki Laes, and Heidi WesterlundChapter 1. Reclaiming the education question for music education: Groundwork for a transformative politicsGert BiestaChapter 2. Expanding mental models in music education: Transformational praxis beyond the expert gaze Heidi Westerlund and Albi Odendaal Chapter 3. Music educators as imaginative "designers": Emerging transformative ecopolitics in higher educationHeidi Westerlund, Danielle Treacy, Katja Thomson, and Albi OdendaalChapter 4. The paradox of social innovations within music schools: Taking critical responsibility in transformative practice Hanna Backer Johnsen, Geir Johansen, and Tuulikki LaesChapter 5. Policy entrepreneurship: towards a new music education professionalism in a risk societyPatrick Schmidt and Tuulikki LaesChapter 6. The Pædeia process in music education: Recuperating creativity as democratic educationPanagiotis A. KanellopoulosChapter 7. The transformative politics of music education research: Navigating public scholarship through transepistemic synthesisGert Biesta, Tuulikki Laes, and Heidi WesterlundChapter 8. A manifesto for transformative politics in music education Gert Biesta, Tuulikki Laes and Heidi WesterlundIndex