Making Music Education Interculturally Sensitive: A Developmental Approach

In this chapter, I focus on practical applications of the DMIS at the systemic level. First, I identify several core issues in music education that serve as barriers to progress at each ethnocentric stage (Denial, Defense, and Minimization). Next, I share ideas about small, developmental action steps that can be taken to overcome these issues. As barriers to progress at the systemic level begin to dissolve, individual music educators will find it easier to fully embrace their role as reflective and transformative practitioners who are responsive to the needs of students in classrooms, and society in general.