“Anything Essential is Invisible to the Eyes”: A Meditation on Love, Loss, and the Deeper Hearted Case for Music Education

Colleen A. Q. Sears
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Music teachers in the United States are grappling with educational policy changes that include Common Core implementation, standardized testing, and new teacher evaluation and certification models. The focus on assessment and measurement in education is set against a global backdrop of violence, xenophobia, political strife, and profound human suffering. These overwhelming and complex dynamics can leave music educators questioning their local, national, and global significance. In an effort to reconnect with the essence of our profession, this multimedia paper/presentation addresses two existential questions for music education. What is at the heart of music teaching? In the end, what is significant about what we do? Using a range of literature and media including Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince, RadioLab’s SPACE broadcast, Parker Palmer’s The Courage to Teach, Elizabeth Alexander’s poem Praise Song for the Day, audio and video recordings from the soundtrack of a sibling relationship, and my own music teaching experiences, this multi-media work examines these existential questions about music education through the lenses of love and loss; challenging future music educators to think about what is significant, big, and lasting in music education at a time when it is easy to feel small, helpless, and overwhelmed. By pondering our role as educators on the largest possible scale, we gain perspective that brings into focus the profound impact that music education can have on our most intimate and cherished relationships.
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“任何本质的东西都是看不见的眼睛”:关于爱,失去的沉思,以及音乐教育的更深层次的案例
美国的音乐教师正在努力应对教育政策的变化,包括共同核心的实施、标准化考试、新的教师评估和认证模式。教育中评估和衡量的重点是在暴力、仇外心理、政治冲突和人类深重苦难的全球背景下设立的。这些压倒性的和复杂的动态可以让音乐教育家质疑他们的地方,国家和全球意义。为了重新连接我们专业的本质,这篇多媒体论文/报告解决了音乐教育的两个存在问题。音乐教学的核心是什么?最后,我们所做的事情有什么意义?这部多媒体作品运用了一系列的文学和媒体,包括Antoine de saint - exupsamry的《小王子》、RadioLab的SPACE广播、Parker Palmer的《The Courage to Teach》、Elizabeth Alexander的诗《赞美之歌》、一段兄弟姐妹关系的录音和录像,以及我自己的音乐教学经历,通过爱与失去的镜头来审视音乐教育中存在的问题;挑战未来的音乐教育家思考什么是重要的,大的,持久的音乐教育在一个时候,很容易感到渺小,无助,不堪重负。通过最大限度地思考我们作为教育者的角色,我们获得了一个视角,使音乐教育对我们最亲密和最珍视的关系产生的深远影响成为焦点。
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