Inclusivity in Music Education
As part of a professional development course I am currently undertaking, I was asked to consider what I could do personally to challenge discrimination and promote inclusive practice in the musical learning of my students. It got me thinking not just about what I can do in my current role but also how my experiences across my career have helped me take steps towards my goal of inclusivity in music education. As a white, middle-aged male, it could be argued that I belong to the group that needs to most understand diversity, inclusion and discrimination yet understands the least. However, an important step is to recognise the need to change. I am also part of the international teaching scene and the schools that I have worked in are definitely ‘Anglo-centric’. However, again, I have seen changes in curriculum since I started teaching. At the beginning of my career, I was a classroom teacher and we were still
