Values in Tension: Navigating Institutional Ethics and Collective Responsibility in Schools of Music

IF 1.1 3区教育学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

International Journal of Music Education Pub Date : 2026-07-24 DOI:10.1177/02557614261464110

William J. Coppola, Candice D. Mattio

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Abstract

The purpose of this multiple case study was to examine the ethical dimensions of music institutions by exploring how schools of music shape and uphold their institutional values—particularly when individual members hold ethical commitments that stand in conflict with those values. We conducted interviews with faculty and administrators at two large schools of music—one public, one private—in the United States. Our research questions were as follows: (1) How do faculty and administrators understand their responsibilities to shape and uphold their institution’s values? (2) How are ethical tensions and disagreements about those values navigated between the institution and its members? (3) How do misalignments between individual and institutional values shape the perceived emergence of institutional virtues or vices? Using collective belief epistemology and institutional virtue/vice epistemology as theoretical frameworks, our analysis yielded several within-case themes per school site. Between-case analysis revealed three additional themes: (1) Faculty Governance and Policies are Necessary but Not Sufficient ; (2) Stowaways in Resisting Institutional Vice ; and (3) “We Survive by Evolution”: Institutional Virtue as a Long-Term Project . We discuss implications for music education policy and avenues for future research.

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张力中的价值：音乐学校的制度伦理和集体责任

这个多重案例研究的目的是通过探索音乐学校如何塑造和维护他们的机构价值观来检查音乐机构的道德层面，特别是当个人成员持有与这些价值观相冲突的道德承诺时。我们采访了美国两所大型音乐学院（一所公立，一所私立）的教师和管理人员。我们的研究问题如下：(1)教师和管理人员如何理解他们塑造和维护机构价值观的责任？(2)在机构及其成员之间如何处理伦理上的紧张关系和对这些价值观的分歧？(3)个人价值观与制度价值观之间的错位如何塑造制度美德或恶习的感知出现？使用集体信仰认识论和制度美德/罪恶认识论作为理论框架，我们的分析产生了每个学校网站的几个案例主题。案例间分析揭示了三个额外的主题：(1)学院治理和政策是必要的，但不是充分的；（二）抵制制度弊端的偷渡者；(3)“我们靠进化生存”：作为一项长期工程的制度美德。我们讨论了音乐教育政策的启示和未来研究的途径。

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International Journal of Music Education Multiple-

CiteScore

3.20

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11.10%

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期刊介绍： The International Journal of Music Education (IJME) is a peer-reviewed journal published by the International Society for Music Education (ISME) four times a year. Manuscripts published are scholarly works, representing empirical research in a variety of modalities. They enhance knowledge regarding the teaching and learning of music with a special interest toward an international constituency. Manuscripts report results of quantitative or qualitative research studies, summarize bodies or research, present theories, models, or philosophical positions, etc. Papers show relevance to advancing the practice of music teaching and learning at all age levels with issues of direct concern to the classroom or studio, in school and out, private and group instruction. All manuscripts should contain evidence of a scholarly approach and be situated within the current literature. Implications for learning and teaching of music should be clearly stated, relevant, contemporary, and of interest to an international readership.