Teenage Boys, Musical Identities, and Music Education: An Australian Narrative Inquiry [Paperback]

Prelude 1. Introduction Part I: Setting the scene 2. Musical identities 3.Music values and uses 4. Australian school class music education Part II: Boys stories 5. Aaron: I have found a passion in music and thats really what I want to do 6. Blake: Chasing your dreams 7. Conor: As long as Im doing music, Ill be fine 8. Elijah: Musical men 9. Michael: Hearing the little things 10. Tyler: Its been a really nice way of getting to know each other Part III: Revelations from boys stories 11.Teenage boys music values and uses 12.Teenage boys musical identities 13  Shaping and supporting multiple musical identities in senior secondary class music: A teaching and learning framework. Epilogue

 

Jason Goopy is a recognised teacher, scholar, and leader in music education. His research aims to uncover how music education can positively transform lives by examining the nexus between music, education, and psychology using arts-based and mixed-methods. He draws upon 15 years of leading arts programs and teaching music in Australian combined primary and secondary schools. Jason completed the Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Queensland and received the Australian Society for Music Education Callaway Doctoral Award. He is currently Lecturer and Coordinator of Secondary and Instrumental Music Education at Edith Cowan University, Australia.

Through the distinctive stories and drawings of Aaron, Blake, Conor, Elijah, Michael and Tyler, this book reveals the musical identities of teenage boys in their final year of study at an Australian boys school.

Music is a powerful process and resource that can shape and support who we are and wish to be. The interaction between musical identities and learning music highlights school music educations potential clƒœ