WORLD MUSICHELPING ELEMENTARY STUDENTS EXPAND THEIR WORLDVIEWS

SCHOOLS ARE BECOMING MORE DIVERSE

• We have a responsibility to make sure all of our students feel like their voices are heard.

• We have a responsibility to help the entire student body understand the worldviews and backgrounds of those from other cultures

• Music education is the glue that can bring all content areas together

THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO TEACH DIVERSITY

• Learn World Geography

• Literature from or about the area

• Visual Art • Bring together

multiple content areas

EVERY STUDENT SHOULD BE HEARD

• Kids teaching kids• Bringing in family as

guest speakers• Music, Food, Stories,

Dances, Art, etc.

STARTING IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

• Choreographing their own dances

• Visual art projects• Dramatic

representations

“Music Education might function as a more inclusive piece of the school curriculum by making explicit the diverse cultures that make up the US population and,

subsequently, inform the breadth of music genres from which we can learn.”

• Beegle, A. (2013). Preparing Students for the 21st Century Through the Study of World Music. General Music Today, 48-50.

• Fitzpatrick, K. (2012). Cultural Diversity and the Formation of Identity: Our Role as Music Teachers. Music Educators Journal, 53-59.

• Hoffman, A. (2012). Performing Our World: Affirming Cultural Diversity through Music Education. Music Educators Journal, 61-65.

• Kraus, E. (n.d.). The Contribution of Music Education to the Understanding of Foreign Cultures, Past and Present. Music Educators Journal, 30-30

• Sehan, P. (1988). World Musics: Windows to Cross Cultural Understanding. Music Educators Journal, 75, 22-26.

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