SCOTT GOBLE & ANITA PREST
J. Scott Goble is Associate Professor of Music Education at the University of British Columbia, where he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses and supervises work of M.Ed., M.A., and Ph.D. students. A specialist in vocal and choral music, he taught music in public schools near Seattle, Washington, later serving on the music faculties of Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges, Boston University, and San Francisco State University. Scott has conducted choirs and orchestras in educational, professional, church, and community contexts throughout North America. His book What’s So Important About Music Education? is published by Routledge.
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Anita Prest is Assistant Professor of Music Education in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Victoria (British Columbia, Canada). Prior to her appointment, Anita taught K-12 music for 20 years in rural and metropolitan settings. Her doctoral research focused on the growth and contributions of bridging social capital to rural vitality via school-community music education partnerships. Her current research concerns the ways in which public school music educators in rural British Columbia, together with First Nations community members, facilitate the appropriate inclusion of local Indigenous knowledge, pedagogy, and cultural practices in music classes.
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Twasalk & Music: Toward Establishing a Paraxial Vocabulary for Music Education
In 2015, the British Columbia Ministry of Education mandated the infusion of local Indigenous knowledge into all school curricula by 2017-2018 in order that all K-12 students would henceforth be introduced to these perspectives. This change has opened the door to consideration of the “subjective vocabularies” of Indigenous people—which they use to describe the personal and social effects of musical engagement—in the province’s schools. Introduction of the principle of Tsawalk and its attendant vocabulary in schools may be useful for paraxial music educators and students, and it has implications for music education curricula in all
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