Music Education from the Perspective of System Theory

Sociology can give insights into how music educational and social issues impact on each other in at least two ways. First, we could look at a particular music educational issue and enquire to what degree it may have social implications and how sociology can illuminate those implications. This is what I try to do in the chapter on Musikdidaktik and sociology elsewhere in this volume. Second, we could set out with a specific sociological theory, asking what we may see if we study music education through that lens.