Jennifer
M. Walden. “A Drum, a Gong, and a
Lion: Three Decades of Culturally Diverse Music Education in International and Canadian Schools
珍妮佛．M．瓦爾登。〈鼓、鑼及獅子：三十年來在國際學校及加拿大學校的多元文化音樂教育〉。《民俗曲藝》203 (2019.3): 35-72。
Abstract
This
paper is an autoethnographical exploration of the development of a culturally
diverse music program over the course of 30 years. It describes a journey
beginning with a Eurocentric music education training program at university and
the subsequent experiences that inculcated changes in perspective, beliefs,
methods, and pedagogy. It is based on first hand encounters with diverse music
cultures while concurrently teaching music in international schools in eight
different countries. The article traces the development of philosophical
perspectives and methodological observations as the author progresses from
beginning music teacher to educator promoting engagement in culturally diverse
music. With focus specific ally on
Chinese music and the Chinese lion dance, it looks at experiences with changing
student populations and host countries, curricular integration,
interdisciplinary approaches, contextual considerations, cross-cultural fusion,
and development of engaged diverse music pedagogy. Aspects such as time periods
and corresponding research on educational practice are considered, culminating
in a reflective conclusion of how early experiences with Chinese music have
prevailed as a popular genre, across cultures and ages in international and
Canadian schools.
本篇論文是針對一門多元文化音樂課程三十年來的發展的一種自我民族志式的探索。文中敘述的歷程自大學中的一套歐洲中心的音樂教育訓練課程出發，推展到隨後經由不斷灌輸而帶來的觀點、信仰、方法和教育學的改變經驗。本論文的基礎是在八個不同國家的國際學校教音樂的同時，與多元音樂文化的第一手交涉。隨着作者從初執教的音樂教師變成提倡從事多元文化音樂的教育者的歷程，本文回溯哲學觀點和方法論觀察的發展。內容特別聚焦於中國音樂和中國舞獅，檢視在變化中的不同的學生人口和所在國、教材整合、跨領域的方法、脈絡式的思考、跨文化的融合、以及致力於多元音樂教育論的發展等經驗。時期長短，以及相對應的教學實作研究等面向都列入考慮，以達致一反思結論──關於早期就有接觸經驗的中國音樂如何的在國際學校和加拿大的學校中，成為跨越文化與世代的盛行樂種。