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Children's participation in music: connecting the cultural contexts – an Australian perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2005

Nita Temmerman
Affiliation:
Social and Cultural Studies in Education, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Hwy, Melbourne, VIC 3125, [email protected]

Abstract

The cultural contexts of home, school and community all have important parts to play in the music education of children, but at present in Australia, these three entities are insufficiently connected on a number of fronts, not the least being an understanding about the purpose(s) of young people's engagement with music. This paper puts forward two specific proposals for action aimed to help build linkages among the three cultural contexts and ensure young people's on-going engagement with music. These proposals, which call on the education sector to assume leadership for action, have implications for policy makers, school personnel, as well as parents, individual artists and community arts organisations.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2005 Cambridge University Press

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