Sociology and music education / edited by Ruth Wright

Includes bibliographical references and index

-- Sociology and music education / Ruth Wright -- Fundamental concepts in the sociology of music education / Lucy Green -- Class, power, culture and the music curriculum / Ruth Wright and Brian Davies -- Music education from the perspective of system theory / Geir Johansen -- Unpopular music : beliefs and behaviours towards music in education / Alexandra Lamont and Karl Maton -- The sociological critique of curriculum music in England : is radical change really possible? / Chris Philpott -- Ethnicity and music education : sociological dimensions / David G. Hebert -- Towards a sociological perspective on researching children's creative music making practices : an exercise in self-consciousness / Panagiotis A. Kanellopoulos -- Gender identity, musical experience and schooling / Lucy Green -- Modernity, identity and musical learning / Geir Johansen -- Towards a broader conception of creativity in the music classroom : a case for using Engeström's activity theory as a basis for researching and characterising group music making practices / Pamela Burnard and Betty Anne Younker -- Revealing musical learning in the informal field / Sidsel Karlsen -- Musikdidaktik and sociology / Geir Johansen -- Culture, society and music education / Ruth Wright and John Finney -- Listening to children : voice, agency and ownership in school musicking / Felicity Laurence -- Democracy, social exclusion and music education : possibilities for change / Ruth Wright