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Music education as aesthetic education: a rethink

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2002

John Finney
John Finney
Affiliation:
edwin.finney@ntlworld.com
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Abstract

The article uses methods of philosophical enquiry and historical research to clarify questions surrounding the epistemological basis for music education. It critically examines the idea of ‘music as aesthetic education’ in the context of evolving policy and practice within the English National Curriculum. It argues for broadening the concept of aesthetic education as a necessary antidote to an impersonal curriculum where an undifferentiated notion of knowledge distorts the character of goals, pedagogy and the valuing of musical endeavour.

Type
Research Article
Information
British Journal of Music Education , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , July 2002 , pp. 119 - 134
Copyright
2002 Cambridge University Press

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