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ERIC Number: EJ1089553
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-1461-3808
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Confucian "Creatio in Situ"--Philosophical Resource for a Theory of Creativity in Instrumental Music Education
Tan, Leonard
Music Education Research, v18 n1 p91-108 2016
In this philosophical essay, I propose a theory of creativity for instrumental music education inspired by Confucian "creatio in situ" ("situational creativity"). Through an analysis of three major texts from classical Confucianism--the "Analects," the "Zhongyong" ("Doctrine of the Mean"), and the "Daxue" ("The Great Learning")--I posit a theoretical model of creativity for instrumental music education that comprises the following pairs of facets: situation and sincerity, tradition and training, and circumscription and collaboration. I then highlight how several ideas in this model bear striking similarities to those of the American pragmatists, in particular, John Dewey, and conclude by sketching a sample application of this theory. This study grounds creativity in performance in bands and orchestras by appeal to a major Asian philosophical tradition, and also serves as an initial step towards a transcultural theory of creativity for music education relevant to the present globalised world.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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