Critical Pedagogy

Critical Pedagogy

As I see it we have a number of issues being discussed and I would like us to pay close attention to our language, what we say, what are the assumptions behind what we say and how it can be viewed and understaood.
So...
-- When Dan talks about a "true musician" what does that really mean? True musician acoording to who's parameters and standards? Are the all the same? Should they be? How do we define an artist? Should we be thinking in the parameters of ART? What are the cultural, economic, political implications? What are our motives?

-- How do we deal with the notion of Hierarchy? Is it just a matter of being aware? Is the fact that we are not going to be at the same level justification for creating "tracks" and inequality? Does hierarchy undermine our visions of Democracy and democratic practices? The issue of Hierarchy also reminds me of the issue of "common sense" and "inevitable" nature of things. Should we accept these concepts in a setting (education that is) which is suppose to be the "great equalizer"????

-- Are ensembles a mere representation to a vision of education that is hard for us to imagine? The utopianism, communist, or simple more individual visions that all of the blogs mention at some point? Teaching life is a very interesting concept (as Travis proposes) and could be porblematize from the needs of different students (as Erica proposes).

From the Readings:

-- Can/Should we question "perfection" and the search for "our better selves?" Is it always what it seems?

-- How do we balance (or not) the historical notion of culture as "works" and its ideological power to create culture as a "screen" that hides people's experiences and lives?

-- I go back to the phrase, is not just "what" we do or say, but "how" and "why" we engage in them.

-- Ideology, Learning and Entertainment, identity and self-expression, Control and Teaching.

-- Is thinking critically revolutionary???? What would it mean?????

-- Sociology in Music: Gender, Ethnicity, Class.

-- Practices as Production, Distribution, Consumption. What it means to Produce music today???

-- Is there a "there" for music education?? Why do we agree and disagree??? What leads to some music to mean something and make sense? And why does it differ from individual to individual? What makes it similar?

-- Are we music? Is Music music? Where do we see inherent and delineate aspects in teaching music? Do they merge? SHould they? How? Why?

-- What would music as conflict mean???