“Critical
thinking” about music education will of a necessity recognize pitfalls,
shortcomings of various music education philosophies of the past one hundred
years. However, identifying the problems
of the various music education philosophies does little to solve these
problems. The attitude that all musical
endeavor until the present day has been faulty is shortsighted and lacks
honesty. There is nothing wrong with
proposing changes to current music education philosophy and praxis, but to deny
the vast history of successful music education around the globe is an
egotistical position to say the least.
If the Christian music educator is not careful he or she will get caught
up in the faulty belief that almost everything done in music education worldly,
incongruent, or not adequate in some way.
The
way to keep from becoming a negative and therefore an unjustifiably critical
music educator is to remain positive in one’s thinking. Philippians 4:8 sums up
the philosophical matter well when it states, “Finally, brethren, whatsoever
things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just,
whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are
of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on
these things.”
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