旅人间的对话:拓展音乐教育的视野

A Conversation between Travelers: an Expanding Vision of Music Education

本文试图通过漫谈的方式探讨"民主"(democracy)一词的含义,并定位其在音乐教室中可能的运用。以杜威为期26个月的访华为启发,以中国与美国哥伦比亚大学师范学院的深厚关系为基础,作者期望能再度激起对民主教育的热诚,并重新开启音乐教育中传统与创新之定位与目的的跨文化对话。有感于"民主"(Greek:δημοκρατiα/demokratia)一词词源学上的受限,作者期望参考中文与英文的解读,重新诠释此概念。作者的目标并非提供一个绝对的或正确的定义,而是希望借此寻找灵感,通过多种解读"民主"的方式来扩充对"民主"概念的理解,及其在正规音乐教育中的实际应用。

This essay is a discursive attempt to interrogate the meaning of the term ＂democracy＂ and to locate its possible application in music classrooms. Inspired by John Dewey＇s 26-month visit to China, and building upon the profound rela- tionship between China and Teachers College Columbia University, the authors wish to reignite interest in democratic educa- tion and to restart intercultural dialogue around the place and purpose of tradition and innovation in music education. Finding limited value in the etymological origin of the term ＂democracy＂ （ Greek： demokratia）, the authors reinterpret the concept in reference to Chinese and Anglophone renderings. Rather than offering an absolute or accurate definition, we play with the multiple renderings of the term with the hope of enlarging our understanding of democracy and its practical use in formal music education settings.