ERIC Number: EJ1136988
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Publication Date: 2017
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Perversity of Enjoyment? Preschool Music Activities Go Neoliberal
Holmberg, Kristina; Zimmerman Nilsson, Marie-Helene
Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, v23 n5 p583-595 2017
There is a lack of empirical studies that examine the influence of neoliberal ideas in preschool music and teaching. Neoliberal ideas have primarily been studied in a broader educational perspective and related to preschool policy reforms. The aim of this paper is to study preschool teachers' rhetoric concerning music contents and music activities related to neoliberal ideas. Data consist of group conversations with preschool teachers and of video observations of daily music activities, at one preschool in Sweden. Discursive psychology has been used as a micro-sociological methodological approach. The findings show that music in this preschool is characterized by popular music, and varied consequences for knowledge content and early childhood learning are highlighted and analyzed. Also, it is argued that neoliberal ideas, in varied ways, determine the establishment of music content. For many reasons, rhetoric concerning the choice of musical content is of great importance to the field of preschool education. For example, it is essential to music education research and to preschool teachers' everyday work, as it can improve teaching and learning qualities and become a knowledge contribution in society at large.
Descriptors: Music Education, Preschool Children, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education, Music Activities, Neoliberalism, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Popular Culture, Observation, Video Technology, Interviews, Teacher Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Preschool Education; Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Sweden
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