Date of Award
2007
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
McClain, Sandra C.
Abstract
The Progressive movement in the United States from 1900 to the late 1940s was an attack on problems that plagued American life. One of the problems faced by Progressives was in the area of education. Progressives targeted specific areas in the curriculum including music education, especially because of its ability to be directly used as a tool for amelioration. The main actions taken in music education developed as a result of Progressive philosophies were: creating a child-centered curriculum, testing according to the way adults' process information, formulating a concept of music for life, affording equality of educational opportunity, and formalizing the music education program. This study discusses both positive and negative ways the reforms instituted during the Progressive era influence the state of music in the public schools during the twenty-first century.
Extent
111 p.
Recommended Citation
Blatz, Lidia, "The Progressive Movement in Public Music Education: Influences on the turn of the 21 51 century" (2007). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009. 1373.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_5/1373
Identifier
FA00000894
Comments
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2007.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters