HIST-1107EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Phronesis, Genetic Fallacy, Leonard B. Meyer
5 Dec 2020
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Explain your position in the apparent debate between aesthetic and praxial philosophies of music education. Since the publication of david j. elliott"s music matters: a new philosophy of music education in 1995, a significant amount of literature has developed in response to its content: a praxial philosophy of music education (marissa silverman et al. It has divided critics: on the one hand, those who support it emphasise its focus on people, social collectives, dialogue between teacher and student, and individual creativity. On the other, its clear break from the long-standing philosophy of music education as aesthetic education" has prompted outcry from academics such as bennett reimer and susanne langer. Underlying this tension is the belief that aesthetic and praxial philosophies are mutually exclusive because they are founded upon different premises (music education as education of feeling and music education as practice, respectively) that are seemingly irreconcilable.
