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    A Conceptual Framework for Research in Music and Music Education within a Cultural Context
    (2001) Akuno, EA
    Music education in Kenya has been, and continues to be conducted along Western theories which fall short of defining music as experienced within traditional African cultures (New, 1980; Omondi, 1980; Kwami, 1989; Akuno, 1997; Kidula, 1998). Research in music, an attempt to find reality and meaning in it, involves discovering its components, how they make a cohesive and comprehensible whole, and how the produced item functions in the economy of the culture thai produces and consumes it. Since music must be understood from the participants' point of view, a true understanding involves analysis within the context in which it is created and practised. The created music is influenced by the artist's understanding of the subject through experience and knowledge gained in that genre. Such experience, gained from casual, informal contacts or deliberate, organised instruction, is drawn upon for musical creativity as manifested in performance, response to musical stimuli as well as composition. This paper examines this process to come up with a conceptual framework for the understanding of music within a cultural context
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    FORMAL MUSIC EDUCATION IN THE PROPAGATION OF CULTURAL VALUES
    (2007) Akuno, EA
    Events of socio-cultural significance are marked and hon oured by society in different ways. The activities that celebrate these events ar e often multidimensional. In most cases, they involve sounds and gestures that symbol ise and communicate the ethos of the practising community. As a people’s economy changes, the activities that mark significant stages in a person’s social development change in form and content. Thes e changes occasion and are articulated through variations in music forms. In music, the co ntext determines the content. This leads to change in the functional music of each community. Y et this music is an entity that expresses and reflects life. When discarded, a wealth of knowledge is l ost. In an economy where formal education occupies a large portion of an individual ’s life, the school is a strong socialising agent. With its role of imparting knowledge and ski lls, the school is best placed to facilitate familiarity with one’s cultural heritage. Since music is a living treasure, its role in the p ropagation of values and the need for its preservation cannot be overemphasised. This pap er proposes that this can be achieved through practices within formal education in Kenya.
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    Perceptions and reflections of music teacher education in Kenya
    (2012) Akuno, EA
    This article builds on enquiry aimed to discover Kenyan music teachers’ perceptions and expectations of their role; their view of the training they received; head teachers’ perceptions and expectations of the role of the music teacher; and the expectations of both music teachers and head teachers of a music teacher education programme in Kenya. The findings have steered a discussion towards suggestions for an improved framework to guide teacher education for music at all levels of education in Kenya. Through questionnaires, a sample of 16 music teachers and 11 head teachers recorded their opinion that teachers were not adequately prepared to implement the music programmes; that the role of the music teacher covered in and out of class activities; and that this expectation could only be accomplished with proper academic and professional training. Guided by principles of indigenous African education and learning conceptual orientations, the discussions led to recommendations that call for better grounding of music teachers in the processes of music and ability to facilitate music learning.
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    The role of research in music education
    (2005) Akuno, EA