Contextualized Practices in Arts Education: An International Dialogue on Singapore

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Singapore Arts Landscape: Influences, Tensions, Confluences, and Possibilities for the Learning Context....Pages 3-20
Exegetical Commentary....Pages 21-24
Front Matter....Pages 25-25
Learning as You Go: A Non Music-Specialist Teacher’s Journey Through Creating and Making Music in a Primary School....Pages 27-37
Exegetical Commentary....Pages 39-41
Dialogue....Pages 43-46
Front Matter....Pages 47-47
Making, Creating and Shaping Meaning Through the Art of Digital Storytelling....Pages 49-65
Exegetical Commentary....Pages 67-69
Dialogue....Pages 71-74
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
Free Improvisation as Living Expression....Pages 77-99
Exegetical Commentary....Pages 101-109
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
Young Singaporeans’ Perceptions on Dance in Physical Education....Pages 113-131
Exegetical Commentary....Pages 133-134
Dialogue....Pages 135-139
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
Contextualizing Band Directing in a Singapore Primary School: Questioning Function and Significance....Pages 143-158
Exegetical Commentary and Dialogue....Pages 159-164
Front Matter....Pages 165-165
Integrating Arts into the School Curriculum: Negotiating Partnerships – The Singapore Schools Project....Pages 167-181
Exegetical Commentary....Pages 183-187
Front Matter....Pages 189-189
Finding Flow in Artistic Skill and Technique: Narratives of Young Artists-in-Training in Singapore....Pages 191-210
Exegetical Commentary....Pages 211-213
Dialogue....Pages 215-216
Front Matter....Pages 217-217
Weaving and Anchoring the Arts into Curriculum: The Evolving Curriculum Processes....Pages 219-249
Exegetical Commentary....Pages 251-255
Response....Pages 257-258
Front Matter....Pages 259-259
Learning, Assessment and Signature Pedagogies in the Visual Arts....Pages 261-274
Exegetical Commentary....Pages 275-278
Front Matter....Pages 279-279
Pedagogical Issues in Multicultural Education: An Autoethnography of the Challenges in Delivering ‘A’ Levels Non-western Music Curriculum in Singapore Schools....Pages 281-300
Exegetical Commentary....Pages 301-303
Dialogue....Pages 305-311
Front Matter....Pages 313-313
Reframe to Transform: Reflective Inquiry Journeys of Two Singapore Music Teachers....Pages 315-330
Exegetical Commentary....Pages 331-333
Dialogue....Pages 335-338
Front Matter....Pages 339-339
Brief Encounters with Traditional Theatre Forms: In Critical Dialogue with the Contemporary....Pages 341-357
Exegetical Commentary....Pages 359-361
Dialogue....Pages 363-367
Front Matter....Pages 369-369
Revamping Music Theory for the Twenty-First Century Music Teacher in Singapore....Pages 371-382
Exegetical Commentary....Pages 383-386
Dialogue....Pages 387-389
Front Matter....Pages 391-391
Turning the Curious Corners of Thought: The Synaesthetic Mind and Ways of Knowing in the Arts....Pages 393-425
Exegetical Commentary....Pages 427-431
Dialogue....Pages 433-439
Front Matter....Pages 391-391
Afterward: One Book, 16 Chapters, Four Hats, and a Compelling Journey....Pages 441-443
Erratum....Pages E1-E4
Back Matter....Pages 445-452