Reflections on Feminist Music Therapy Pedagogy in Teaching Music Therapy Nicole Hahna Lesley University
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Lesley University DigitalCommons@Lesley Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences Expressive Therapies Dissertations (GSASS) 2011 Conversations from the Classroom: Reflections on Feminist Music Therapy Pedagogy in Teaching Music Therapy Nicole Hahna Lesley University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lesley.edu/expressive_dissertations Part of the Educational Methods Commons, and the Music Therapy Commons Recommended Citation Hahna, Nicole, "Conversations from the Classroom: Reflections on Feminist Music Therapy Pedagogy in Teaching Music Therapy" (2011). Expressive Therapies Dissertations. 35. https://digitalcommons.lesley.edu/expressive_dissertations/35 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences (GSASS) at DigitalCommons@Lesley. It has been accepted for inclusion in Expressive Therapies Dissertations by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Lesley. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 1 Conversations from the Classroom: Reflections on Feminist Music Therapy Pedagogy in Teaching Music Therapy A DISSERTATION (submitted by) Nicole D. Hahna In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy LESLEY UNIVERSITY May 2011 4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The author would like to thank Dr. Robyn Cruz, Dr. Sandra Curtis, Dr. Michele Forinash, Dr. Susan Hadley, Dr. Maggie McFadden, and Dr. Elizabeth York for their mentorship. This dissertation is dedicated to the first three teachers in music therapy— Margaret Anderson, Isa Maud Ilsen, and Harriet Ayer Seymour—and to the many teachers in my life, most important of which are my family, my students, and my colleagues. Finally, I wish to thank Aaron Teague, for his support, inspiration, and belief in the field of music therapy, the possibility of FMTP, and in this study. 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES ...................................................................................................... 9 LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................... 10 ABSTRACT .............................................................................................................. 11 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 12 Background and Context ........................................................................................... 12 Problem Statement ..................................................................................................... 14 Statement of Purpose and Research Questions ......................................................... 14 Research Approach .................................................................................................... 15 Assumptions and Limitations .................................................................................... 16 The Researcher .......................................................................................................... 19 Rationale and Significance ........................................................................................ 20 Definitions of Key Terminology ............................................................................... 20 2. LITERATURE REVIEW ..................................................................................... 23 Review of the Literature ............................................................................................ 25 Western History of Education ................................................................................... 25 Antiquity ............................................................................................................... 25 Medieval ............................................................................................................... 28 Modern ................................................................................................................. 29 Post-Modern ......................................................................................................... 32 Western Theories in Higher Education ..................................................................... 33 History of Higher Education in the United States ..................................................... 38 Precolonial and Colonial Times ........................................................................... 41 1776-1785 ............................................................................................................. 43 1785-1860 ............................................................................................................. 44 1860-1890 ............................................................................................................. 45 1880-1910 ............................................................................................................. 46 1890-1920 ............................................................................................................. 47 1920-1945 ............................................................................................................. 48 1945-1970 ............................................................................................................. 49 1970-2000s ........................................................................................................... 51 Segregation and Gender Bias ............................................................................... 53 Herstory of Higher Education ................................................................................... 55 Attitudes Towards Educated Women ................................................................... 57 Women’s Access to Higher Education: An Overview ......................................... 59 The Education of Women in the United States .................................................... 61 Colonial Era .................................................................................................... 61 Industrial Revolution ....................................................................................... 64 Late 1800s-1920s ............................................................................................. 67 6 1920s-1940s……………………………………………………………….. 68 1940s-1950s .................................................................................................. 69 1960s-1970s……………………………………………………………….. 70 1980s-2000s .................................................................................................. 71 Feminist Response to Male Education Theorists .............................................. 73 Feminist Interpretations of Jean-Jacques Rousseau ..................................... 73 Feminist Interpretations of John Dewey ....................................................... 74 Feminist interpretations of Paulo Freire ....................................................... 75 History of Pedagogy in Higher Education .............................................................. 75 Scholarship of Teaching .................................................................................... 80 Teaching Educators ........................................................................................... 82 History of Music Therapy Education ..................................................................... 84 Important Events ............................................................................................... 84 Teaching Methods, Competency-Based Education, and Pedagogy .................. 88 Teaching Methods and Competency-Based Education ................................ 88 Student Perspectives ..................................................................................... 91 Music Therapy Pedagogy ............................................................................. 93 Herstory of Feminist Pedagogy .............................................................................. 95 Foundations of Feminist Pedagogy ................................................................... 95 Components of Feminist Pedagogy ................................................................... 97 Feminist Music Therapy .................................................................................... 99 Expressive Therapies and Critical Pedagogy ....................................................... 100 Music Therapy and Feminist Pedagogy ............................................................... 101 Studies on Feminist Pedagogy .............................................................................. 102 3. METHOD ........................................................................................................ 108 Participants ...................................................................................................... 108 Procedure ......................................................................................................... 109 4. RESULTS ........................................................................................................ 112 Research Questions .............................................................................................. 114 Category 1: Philosophical Framework of FMTP ................................................. 114 External vs. Internal Validation ....................................................................... 115 Naming & Labeling ........................................................................................