Music Education for Mathematics and National Development: An Unapologetic Philosophy for Third World Nations

This book ratifies the position that Mathematics contributes significantly to a nation’s development. It heralds the view that there is a national economic crisis and also a Mathematics crisis. It extends the view that the Mathematics crisis is perennial and needs an effective response. This book posits that a long–term fix is possible using music. However, the fix is not going be realized with just offerings of music. It will have to be via a vibrantly administered, specially designed educational program under the auspices of formal music education.
The book presents a peek at the general socioeconomic situation of third world nations in terms of the math crisis and its negative implications. It presents the view that there is a crisis in music education to which the society is generally oblivious and is indeed more critical, given that music is to be used to unlock the ‘math mind’, thus releasing its potent capabilities.