We Don’t Need No Education -- We Don’t Need No Thought Control: Reflections on Achieving Musical Literacy & the Importance of Unschooling

dc.creator	Dr. John L. Vitale
dc.date	2009-04-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:25:48Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:25:48Z
dc.identifier	1916-8128
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/8731b6a0e05845aca337769aea1acabc
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/30224
dc.description	During a recent curriculum methods class, one of my students inquired about my musical training. Since the vast majority of my musical experiences transpired outside the forum of formal music education, I was unable to answer the question without getting into my life’s story. This experience motivated me to chronicle my lifelong musical experiences and subsequently reflect on them. These reflections ultimately substantiate that the process of rejecting formal music education and engaging in self-teaching has been the primary method that allowed me to achieve a high level of musical literacy. The paper also argues that the process of self-teaching in the musical arena is very similar to the principles of unschooling (a term coined by American author and educator John Caldwell Holt) where learning is based on the student's interests, needs, and goals.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Nipissing University
dc.relation	http://www.nipissingu.ca/jual/Archives/V326/v3261.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1916-8128
dc.source	Journal of Unschooling and Alternative Learning, Vol 3, Iss 6, Pp 1-13 (2009)
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	We Don’t Need No Education -- We Don’t Need No Thought Control: Reflections on Achieving Musical Literacy & the Importance of Unschooling
dc.type	article