A Comparison of “Popular Music Pedagogy” Discourses

2013 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 334-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger Mantie
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Popular Music ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
The United States ◽  
Music Pedagogy ◽  
International Differences ◽  
Pedagogical Relationship

The purpose of this study was to interrogate discourses of “popular music pedagogy” in order to better understand music education practices generally and specifically those in the United States. Employing a conceptual framework based on the work of Jan Blommaert (2005), a content analysis was conducted on a sample of 81 articles related to popular music and music education according to the variables of journal and nationality. Results suggest that international differences in discourse existed. American-based authors focused on issues of legitimacy and quality (repertoire and teaching), whereas non-American-based authors focused on matters of utility and efficacy, with an emphasis on the quality of learning and pedagogical relationship. The lack of awareness (national and international) of discourse features and functions may be limiting the effectiveness of both communication and practice.

Diversifying Musical Experiences in Schools and Music Teacher Preparation Programs

2019 ◽  
pp. 891-901
Author(s):  
Robert H. Woody ◽  
Mark C. Adams
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Popular Music ◽  
The United States ◽  
Music Teacher ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Music Making ◽  
Large Ensembles ◽  
Classical Traditions

This chapter discusses the innate differences between vernacular music-making cultures and those oriented in Western classical traditions, and suggests students in traditional school music education programs in the United States are not typically afforded opportunities to learn skills used in vernacular and popular music-making cultures. The chapter emphasizes a need to diversify music-making experiences in schools and describes how vernacular musicianship may benefit students’ musical development. It suggests that, in order for substantive change to occur in music education in the United States, teachers will need to advance beyond simply considering how to integrate popular music into their traditional large ensembles—and how preservice music teacher education programs may be the key to help better prepare teachers to be more versatile and philosophically open to teaching a more musically diverse experience in their future classrooms.

Measuring pre-service music teachers’ creative identities: a cross-cultural comparison of the United States and Singapore

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (02) ◽  
pp. 197-210
Author(s):  
Clint Randles ◽  
Leonard Tan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Popular Music ◽  
Music Teachers ◽  
Music Performance ◽  
The United States ◽  
Music Listening ◽  
Music Making ◽  
Creative Identity ◽  
Service Music

AbstractThe purpose of this study was to examine and compare the creative musical identities of pre-service music education students in the United States and Singapore. The Creative Identity in Music (CIM) measure was utilized with both US and Singapore pre-service music teacher populations (n = 274). Items of the CIM relate to music-making activities often associated with creativity in music education in the literature, including composition, improvisation and popular music performance. Results suggest, similar to findings of previous research, that while both populations are similar in their degree of creative music-making self-efficacy and are similarly willing to allow for creativity in the classroom, Singaporean pre-service music teachers value the areas of creative identity and the use of popular music listening/performing within the learning environment to a significantly greater extent (p < 0.0001) than their US counterparts.

Some aspects of Japanese popular music

Popular Music ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 305-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kitagawa Junko
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Popular Music ◽  
The United States ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Japanese Culture ◽  
United States Government ◽  
States Government ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
General Desire

In 1959, the Conlon report, a presentation of United States government policies in relation to Asian cultures, stated the following about Japanese culture (in a section titled ‘Social change’):Developments within and among the various Japanese social classes suggest the dynamic, changing quality of modern Japan … No area of Japan, moreover, is beyond the range of the national publications, radio, and even TV. New ideas can be quickly and thoroughly disseminated; it is in this sense that Japanese culture can become more standardised even as it is changing. Many of the changes look in the direction of the United States; in such diverse fields as gadgets, popular music, and fashions. American influence is widespread. And this is but one evidence of the general desire to move away from the spartan, austere past toward a more comfortable, convenient future.

Easy listening? An analysis of infidelity in top pop, hip-hop, and country song lyrics over 25 years

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 795-807 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cassandra Alexopoulos ◽  
Laramie D. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Popular Music ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Hip Hop ◽  
The United States ◽  
Sexual Content ◽  
Emotional Tone ◽  
Song Lyrics

Although it has been established that sexual content is common in popular music, the extent to which this content references cheating behaviors is unclear. Given the prevalence of infidelity among Americans, it is important to examine how infidelity is portrayed in media targeted to young adult listeners. To explore these portrayals, we conducted a content analysis of the 1,500 most popular pop, hip-hop, and country songs in the United States over a 25-year period examining the frequency and nature of infidelity in music. Findings revealed that infidelity was discussed in approximately 15% of popular music, and was most frequently discussed in hip-hop songs. Both negative and positive consequences to infidelity were depicted, and were most often accompanied by a nonchalant emotional tone. Gender portrayals of song characters were consistent with previous research. Implications for young listeners in the context of social relationships are discussed.

Modern Band: A Review of Literature

2021 ◽  
pp. 875512332098852
Author(s):  
Bryan Powell
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Popular Music ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
The United States ◽  
Music Programs ◽  
Future Research ◽  
School Music ◽  
K 12

The recent increase in popular music education in K–12 school music programs is in part due to the expansion of modern band programming throughout the United States. Modern band is a term used to describe school music ensembles that include popular music instruments and focus on performing music that is meaningful to the students while incorporating songwriting. The purpose of this literature review was to examine relevant research related to modern band music programs in the United States and provide implications for music teaching and learning. Music researchers and professionals have recently addressed specific issues related to increasing the diversity of school music programs, addressing elements of culturally responsive curricula, and positively affecting the social and emotional development of students through modern band. Throughout this literature review, I provide implications for music teachers and discuss areas for future research.

scholarly journals “Something’s Happening Here!”: Popular Music Education in the United States

IASPM Journal ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryan Powell ◽  
Andrew Krikun ◽  
Joseph Michael Pignato
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Popular Music ◽  
The United States

scholarly journals Editorial

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. i-vi
Author(s):  
Clare Suet Ching Chan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Popular Music ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Music Technology

The Malaysian Journal of Music, Volume 9, presents ten articles on issues in ethnomusicology, musicology, composition, music education, popular music and music technology. These issues derive from countries including Japan, Korea, The Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, the United States and Malaysia.

scholarly journals Images of Poverty in Contemporary Realistic Fiction for Youth: Preliminary Results of a Content Analysis Using a Social Psychological Conceptual Framework

2021 ◽  
pp. 95-108
Author(s):  
Shirley A. Fitzgibbons ◽  
Carol L. Tilley
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
The United States ◽  
Media Specialists ◽  
School Librarians ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Realistic Fiction ◽  
Preliminary Study

This preliminary study of 20 contemporary realistic fiction books for youth in middle school and above, analyzed images of poverty using a framework adapted from Leahy (1981, 1983). Findings indicate that, as a whole, the books in this sample rely on concrete images of poverty and do not adequately represent current demographic data for people living in poverty in the United States. The paper concludes with suggestions for how teachers and school librarians/media specialists can use these books with students.

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