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Article: Hard and soft policies in music education: building the capacity of teachers to understand, study, and influence them.(Essay)
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- Arts Education Policy Review
- Article date:
- June 22, 2009
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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 bodies. However, the practice of music education is perhaps more influenced by subtle policies that affect teachers' values, expectations, and practices. In this article, Nye's concepts of "hard" and "soft" power are adapted and used as a paradigm for categorization and analysis of policy to illustrate this situation. Using this model reveals that while some hard policies specific to music ...
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