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Towards an Epistemology of Authenticity in Higher Popular Music Education

Parkinson, Tom, Smith, Gareth Dylan (2015) Towards an Epistemology of Authenticity in Higher Popular Music Education. Action, Criticism and Theory for Music Education, 14 (1). pp. 93-127. ISSN 1545-4517. E-ISSN 1545-4517. (KAR id:69350)

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Abstract

Popular music education is becoming firmly established as an academic field, in the

within the field develop in reflexive and ethical ways appropriate to particular

discursive and iterative approach to the question of what it means to be “authentic”

research, policy and industry documentation, the authors present a discussion

academic, employability, music, gender, and pedagogy. The authors conclude that

responsibility to place the issue of authenticity at the center of pedagogy,

order for the field to develop in ways that are beneficial to all involved.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled keywords: popular music, education, employability, gender, pedagogy, curriculum, epistemology
Subjects: L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education
M Music and Books on Music > MT Musical instruction and study
Divisions: Divisions > Directorate of Education > Centre for the Study of Higher Education
Depositing User: Thomas Parkinson
Date Deposited: 03 Oct 2018 13:06 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Feb 2021 13:58 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/69350 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)
Parkinson, Tom: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0990-9507
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