This collection explores philosophical approaches to arts education, asking how artistic practice, pedagogy, and subjectivity intersect in contemporary education.

This book examines two case studies in England and New Zealand in which student teachers engage with samba as a form of community music-making. Drawing on Nietzsche and Heidegger, it explores how music education can move beyond technical instruction toward cultural, experiential, and participatory learning.

A collaborative project exploring new approaches to early childhood music education, focusing on:

• Child-centred learning

• Collaborative teaching practices

• Reflective and digital pedagogies

A major research project investigating performing arts in early childhood settings through:

• Artist-led interventions

• Improvisation and relational pedagogy

• Integration of music, movement, and drama

This paper considers the implications of an industrial approach to the arts within tertiary education and the impact this

has had in validating the linkage to the arts within schools.

Learning that demands active engagement on the part of the student may challenge the masquerade of uniformity and uncritical compliance that currently persists.

Heidegger’s Reinterpretation of Plato’s Allegory with Reference to Music Education