MUS 580

1. WORLD MUSIC
HELPING ELEMENTARY STUDENTS EXPAND
THEIR WORLDVIEWS

2. SCHOOLS ARE BECOMING
MORE DIVERSE
• We have a responsibility to
make sure all of our students
feel like their voices are heard.
• We have a responsibility to
help the entire student body
understand the worldviews and
backgrounds of those from
other cultures
• Music education is the glue that
can bring all content areas
together

3. THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO
TEACH DIVERSITY
• Learn World
Geography
• Literature from or
about the area
• Visual Art
• Bring together
multiple content
areas

4. EVERY STUDENT SHOULD BE
HEARD
• Kids teaching kids
• Bringing in family as guest
speakers
• Music, Food, Stories,
Dances, Art, etc.

5. STARTING IN ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL
• Choreographing their own
dances
• Visual art projects
• Dramatic representations

6. “Music Education might function as a more inclusive piece of
the school curriculum by making explicit the diverse cultures
that make up the US population and, subsequently, inform
the breadth of music genres from which we can learn.”

7. • Beegle, A. (2013). Preparing Students for the 21st Century Through the Study of World Music. General
Music Today, 48-50.
• Fitzpatrick, K. (2012). Cultural Diversity and the Formation of Identity: Our Role as Music Teachers.
Music Educators Journal, 53-59.
• Hoffman, A. (2012). Performing Our World: Affirming Cultural Diversity through Music Education. Music
Educators Journal, 61-65.
• Kraus, E. (n.d.). The Contribution of Music Education to the Understanding of Foreign Cultures, Past and
Present. Music Educators Journal, 30-30
• Sehan, P. (1988). World Musics: Windows to Cross Cultural Understanding. Music Educators Journal,
75, 22-26.
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