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SUMMARY:Analysing systems for social justice in music education - Dr Susan
  Wharton Conkling\, Boston University
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CONTACT:Lucian Stephenson
DESCRIPTION:This presentation will introduce participants to systems analy
 sis\, which is used in many fields to promote systems thinking. It has bee
 n used in after-school arts programs to explore issues of social justice\,
  particularly to examine how injustice is held in place and at which level
 s within a system actors can bring about social change. We will look at a 
 case of the Boston Children’s Chorus and their systems analysis\, and th
 en open our discussion to consider issues of social justice in the partici
 pants’ local music programs. \n\n*Bio\n\nSusan Wharton Conkling* is Prof
 essor of Music\, Music Education at Boston University. As a teacher and sc
 holar\, Conkling has led efforts to develop a Scholarship of Teaching and 
 Learning in the field of music\, beginning with a Carnegie Fellowship in 1
 999. She has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in choral conductin
 g\, methods\, and curriculum\, and she has designed and implemented course
 s to prepare DMA candidates for their roles in higher education. She is al
 so well known for her efforts to create professional development partnersh
 ips between public schools and collegiate schools of music. Conkling has s
 erved the profession as a board member of the American Choral Directors As
 sociation\, the College Music Society\, the International Society for Musi
 c Education’s Commission on the Education of the Professional Musician\,
  and she is the current chair of the Society for Music Teacher Education. 
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LOCATION:Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, DMB
 \, Room 2S8
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