Policy as Practice

Patrick Schmidt is Chair of Music Education at the University of Western Ontario. Schmidt's innovative work in critical pedagogy, urban music education, and policy studies is recognized nationally and internationally. His most recent publications can be found in the International Journal of Music Education; Theory into Practice; Arts Education Policy Review; Research in Music Education, Journal of Curriculum Theorizing; Philosophy of Music Education Review; Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education; ABEM Journal in Brazil; and the Finnish Journal of Music Education.Schmidt serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of the Council of Research in Music Education, Arts Education Policy Review, the ABEM Journal, the Revista Internacional de Educacíon Musical published by ISME, and the Journal of Popular Music Education. He co-edited The Oxford Handbook of Music Education and Social Justice (2015) and Policy and the Political Life of Music Education (2017).

• Preface Part I1. The Impact and Importance of Policy in the Lives of Music Teachers2. The Need for Theory: Developing and Engaging Music Teachers in Informed Leadership3. A New Kind of Teacher Activism: Policy as a Form of Critical Pedagogy4. Policy Beyond Traditional Walls: Learning from the Wider Community Part II5. Small Actions Go a Long Way! The Day-to-Day of Policy-Minded Educators6. The Music Educator as Policy Analyst7. Becoming Part of the Policy Process: From Standards to Rules, from Research to Practice ResourcesReferences

Using a broad range of tools, stories, and examples, Schmidt unfolds policy work as innovation, as a space for music educators to reclaim, and as an opportunity for leadership and making a difference in the profession and in society. Music educators who seek not only to understand and engage with policy, but also to become catalysts for equitable and mindful change, will find this book incredibly useful.