Gender Issues in Scandinavian Music Education

<p><em>Gender Issues in Scandinavian Music Education: From Stereotypes to Multiple Possibilities </em>introduces much-needed updates to research and teaching philosophies that envision new ways of considering gender diversity in music education. This volume of essays by Scandinavian contributors looks beyond the dominant Anglo-American lens while confronting a universal need to resist and rethink the gender stereotypes that limit a young person’s musical development. Addressing issues at all levels of music education—from primary and secondary schools to conservatories and universities— topics discussed include:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>the intersection of social class sexual orientation and teachers’ beliefs;</li> <li>gender performance in the music classroom and its effects on genre and instrument choice;</li> <li>hierarchical inequalities reinforced by power and prestige structures;</li> <li>strategies to fulfill curricular aims for equality and justice that meet the diversity of the classroom;</li> <li>and much more!</li> </ul><p>Representing a commitment to developing new practices in music education that subvert gender norms and challenge heteronormativity <i>Gender Issues in Scandinavian Music Education </i>fills a growing need to broaden the scope of how gender and equality are situated in music education—in Scandinavia and beyond.</p>