Abstract
This chapter explores the relationships between music, emotion and learning. Learning is a process that has content (curriculum) and form (pedagogy) however it is a common assumption that the links between musical development and emotional development lie solely in the content of music learning. This chapter critiques the notion that emotional development occurs as a result of engagement with emotional content embedded within music, and suggests that it is not the type of music or musical activity that is learnt, rather it is the way that music is learnt that gives rise to emotional development.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Routledge Companion to Music, Mind and Wellbeing |
| Subtitle of host publication | Historical and Scientific Perspectives |
| Editors | Penelope Gouk, James Kennaway, Jacomien Prins, Wiebke Thormählen |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Chapter | 20 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781315164717 |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |