ABSTRACT

Civic engagement and social justice have received heightened attention in music education in the decade since Jorgensen posed the question ‘Why should music educators not be interested in justice?’ To this end, a social-justice focused initiative was piloted with choral ensembles at two public universities in the Midwestern US using human trafficking as the focal issue. A pre-experimental design was used in two paired studies to address research questions: (1) What is the impact of participation in the initiative on students’ knowledge, engagement, actions, and attitudes? (2) What are students’ recommendations for initiative refinement? Results indicated statistically significant increases across all eight outcomes for student participants in both studies. Recommendations highlighted students’ desire for consistent knowledge-building throughout the year and instructor-provided informational resources. Overall, pilot findings suggest this is a promising approach for music educators desiring to incorporate social justice engagement initiatives within already content heavy music courses.

摘要

自从约根森提出“为什么音乐教育工作者不应该这样做”这个问题以来，公民参与和社会正义在音乐教育中受到了越来越多的关注。对正义感兴趣？为此，在美国中西部的两所公立大学以合唱团为试点，开展了一项以社会正义为重点的举措，其中以人口贩运为重点。在两个成对的研究中使用了实验前设计来解决研究问题：（1）参与计划对学生的知识，参与度，行为和态度有什么影响？（2）学生对主动性改进的建议是什么？结果表明，两项研究的学生参加者在所有八项结果中都有统计学上的显着增加。建议强调了学生全年对知识积累的渴望，以及教师提供的信息资源。总体，