1st Edition
Popular Music, Cultural Politics and Music Education in China
- Introduction: Cultural Politics, Music, and Social Change in Education
- The Power of Popular Songs in the Development of Nationalism, Communism, and Globalization
- Popular Music and Music Education in the City of Beijing
- Popular Music and Music Education: East Meets West in Shanghai
- Popular Music and Music Education in Changsha City
- Dynamics and Dilemmas of Introducing Popular Music into China’s School Music Education
- Conclusions and Implications: School Music Education, Values, and Cultural Politics
Biography
Wai-Chung Ho is a professor in the Department of Music at Hong Kong Baptist University and is recognized as the leading expert in music education in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Ho has addressed a broad array of themes in the sociology of music and music education in frequent contributions to leading international research journals in education, music education, and cultural studies, such as the British Journal of Music Education, British Journal of Educational Technology, International Journal of Music Education, Music Education Research, Compare, International Journal of Cultural Studies, Popular Music & Society, and Popular Music. Ho’s first book was School Music Education and Social Change in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan (2011).
