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Listening with 'Big Ears': Accountability in Cross-Cultural Music Education Research with Indigenous Partners
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Prest, Anita – Research Studies in Music Education, 2023
In this theoretical article, I examine various conceptions of focused listening--including those held by specific First Nations communities--to determine how each conception might offer insights for listening while conducting cross-cultural music education research. First, I discuss the notion of "Big Ears," as it is understood by the…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Music Education, Indigenous Knowledge
On Embedding Indigenous Musics in Schools: Examining the Applicability of Possible Models to One School District's Approach
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Prest, Anita; Goble, J. Scott; Vazquez-Cordoba, Hector – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2023
Recent curriculum policy changes in British Columbia (BC) require that educators in all subject areas--including music--embed local Indigenous knowledge, pedagogies, and worldviews in their classes. Yet facilitating such decolonizing cross-cultural music education activities requires knowledge that music educators may not currently possess. We use…
Descriptors: School Districts, Music Education, American Indians, American Indian Culture
Enacting Curriculum 'in a Good Way:' Indigenous Knowledge, Pedagogy, and Worldviews in British Columbia Music Education Classes
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Prest, Anita; Goble, J. Scott; Vazquez-Cordoba, Hector; Tuinstra, Beth – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2021
In 2015, the British Columbia (BC) Ministry of Education mandated that local Indigenous knowledge, pedagogy, and worldviews be embedded in all K-12 curricula, but most BC music teachers have been unable to fulfill this directive because they are unfamiliar with Indigenous cultural practices. We designed this multiple case study, informed by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Education, Indigenous Knowledge, Culturally Relevant Education