Aesthetic Everyday Practices of Pupils and the Implications for Music Education
Aesthetic Everyday Practices of Pupils and the Implications for Music Education

Author(s): Georg Brunner
Subject(s): Education, Music, Aesthetics, Sociology of Art
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Aesthetic everyday practices; music preferences; music perception; music of other cultures; extension of listening repertoire;
Summary/Abstract: This article deals with the phenomenon of aesthetic everyday practices of pupils and examines possible implications for music education. Drawing on findings of empirical studies conducted by the Department of Music at the University of Education in Freiburg (Germany), the article explores topics such as music preferences among youths, music as a means of distinction, distribution channels of music, reasons for listening to music, reactions to firsttime exposure to a music piece, as well as school class taste. While the results of the studies confirm that youths largely prefer popular music styles, the article discusses teaching approaches that use both popular genres as well as classical music in the classroom.

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