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Vestad, Ingeborg Lunde – Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 2014
In this article I discuss children's everyday uses of recorded music (such as CDs, Mp3-files) in the light of sociological notions of "children" and "childhood". The discussion provides perspectives on musical engagement and musicality that supplement perspectives within developmental psychology. The study is based on…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music Activities, Young Children, Interviews
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Hedges, Helen – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2011
Children's interest in popular culture was clear in my study of interests-based curriculum. Yet, perhaps unsurprisingly, it was a contentious site of curriculum co-construction. This article explores this tension. It argues that interpreting popular culture as "funds of knowledge" might assist teachers to consider a different view of this interest…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Knowledge Level, Curriculum Development, Student Interests