Recently added articles from Arts Education Policy Review:
Can policy lead in music education? Global visions and local directions.(Editorial)
Jun 22, 2009; ... Guiding action regarding broad understandings, positions, and discrete realities of various elements in music education arguably lies at the center of policy efforts. However, music education seems to have relegated policy considerations, arguments, and visions to the margins of the field ....
The politics of public accountability: implications for centralized music education policy development and implementation.
Jun 22, 2009; ... Abstract: This article addresses accountability issues that affect music education policy and implementation in the neoliberal education system. Using examples from education reform in Ontario, Canada, the author argues that two forms of accountability imbalances fostered by the neoliberal ...
Moving in a field of conflicting forces: problems of music education policy in Germany.
Jun 22, 2009; ... Abstract: In the years between the world wars, music education in Germany prospered, because successful policy made constructive cooperation among relevant institutions and representatives possible. The situation today is very different. Many music educators and researchers are not aware ...
Policy, narrativity, and the representation of reality.(Essay)
Jun 22, 2009; ... Abstract: This article examines the policy implications embedded in the questions asked by music educators that frame the historical progress and evolution of music education. Further, this article posits that while these questions have seemingly worked toward solutions to problems, they ...
Hard and soft policies in music education: building the capacity of teachers to understand, study, and influence them.(Essay)
Jun 22, 2009; ... Abstract: Music education exists within a web of policies. Those most often identified by music teachers and professional associations are the policies imposed on the profession by governmental and regulatory bodies. Advocacy efforts to change policy are mostly directed toward these ...