Affiliation:
1. Music Education, Levinsky College of Education, Tel Aviv
Abstract
Abstract
This chapter explores a new possible paradigm of multiculturalism in the music classroom. Chang et al. (2012) presented the Chinese word QIAN (humbleness) as an acronym representing the attributes of Questioning, Immersion, Active-Listening, and Negotiation. Exploring the practice of a music teacher education in Israel, this chapter reflects on the relevance of this model to the teacher’s positionality as a Jewish Orthodox woman teaching students from diverse Jewish and Arab socioreligious sectors. Examples from practice are presented and analyzed to show how such processes of collective unknowing emanate a paradigm of authentic care. Validation of individual particularities allow us to engage in difficult conversations even while maintaining emotional safety. Care is made possible through a commitment to differences.