Community Development of Music and Life-long Learning of Citizen
―Through the analysis of music activities of citizen participation―
2001 Volume 31 Issue 2-3 Pages 22-32
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2001 Volume 31 Issue 2-3 Pages 22-32
The purpose of this paper is to examine the community development of music in the context of 2 case studies of the life-long learning of citizens who are concerned with their endogenous development. It applies the theory of adult learning by Cranton (1992) as a thinking model to these case studies in terms of her ideas of process and change. The analysis of learner process is given in terms that include “reflection”, “planning”, and “interaction”. The analysis of learner change is given in terms of “self-directedness” and “autonomy”.
It is demonstrated that the music activities of citizen participation in the 2 case studies are not effective in adult learning. It is argued that this is because there are not the elements of adult learning (eg ; reflection, planning, interaction, self-directedness, autonomy) in the music activities.
In response to this analysis I propose the idea of an interaction community for the development of music for citizens engaged in life-long learning. I am thinking of a community that is engaged in a process of endogenous development.
