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Publication Date: 2018
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Music as a Tool for Environmental Education and Advocacy: Artistic Perspectives from Musicians of the Playlist for the Planet
Publicover, Jennifer L.; Wright, Tarah S.; Baur, Steven; Duinker, Peter N.
Environmental Education Research, v24 n7 p925-936 2018
Environmental education is a key tool in humanity's efforts to address environmental issues. The arts can help provide some of the affective components of environmental education -- emotions, values, and motivations driving pro-environmental behavior. As one of the arts, music can captivate, entertain, and create a sense of community. Using non-probabilistic purposive sampling, we interviewed a cohort of environmentally aware musicians with the goal of understanding their mental constructions around the role of music in environmental education and advocacy. A constant comparative coding method was used to code the interviews. The analysis revealed four artistic and five quality dimensions that the participants considered when sharing their pro-environmental values through their music. The four artistic dimensions emerged as continua representing ranges of choice regarding how a musician might create and deliver an environment-related song. The five quality dimensions emerged as recommendations for effectiveness of messaging through art that is perceived as authentic.
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Teaching Methods, Music Activities, Musicians, Advocacy, Attitude Measures, Social Values, Conservation (Environment), Foreign Countries
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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