Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies in Music Education

Emily Good-Perkins is an Instructor of Voice, Vocal Pedagogy, and the History and Philosophy of Music Education. She is also the Founder and Executive Director for the non-profit organization, Voicing Futures.

• Part I: Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy, 1: The Importance of Theory, 2: Why Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy for Music Education? Part II: Historical Overview of Today’s Music Classroom 3: Music and the ‘Civilizing’ Mission, 4: Music and the ‘Civilizing’ Mission in the United States, 5: Character Improvement and Music Education in the United States, 6: Music Education Standardization and Codification Part III: Today’s Music Classroom 7: How do our Normalized Practices Impact Children Today? 8: Two Music Teaching Approaches 9: How do Students describe a Meaningful Music Classroom? Part IV: Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy in Music Education 10: Musical Epistemology and Music Education Part V: Moving Forward Toward Culturally Sustaining Music Pedagogy 11: Practical Implications for the Music Classroom 12: Towards a Framework for Culturally Sustaining Music Pedagogy