Considering Deweyan Cultural Naturalism as a Philosophy of Art(s) Education: Restoring Continuity

Lauri Väkevä is a professor of didactics of crafts and arts at the University of Helsinki, Finland. A co-author of three books, he has also published several chapters and numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and presented papers at international conferences in music education, musicology, music history, and popular music studies.

His main research interests cover pedagogy of the crafts and arts, music education, educational philosophy, philosophy of art, pragmatism, informal learning, popular music, and digital culture. Aside from academic career, his work assignments have covered working as a musician, a music journalist, a general music teacher, and an instrumental teacher.

Lauri Väkevä 是芬蘭赫爾辛基大學工藝與藝術教學法的教授。他是三本書的共同作者，並在同行評審的期刊上發表了多篇章節和大量文章，還在國際音樂教育、音樂學、音樂史和流行音樂研究的會議上發表過論文。

他的主要研究興趣包括工藝與藝術的教學法、音樂教育、教育哲學、藝術哲學、實用主義、非正式學習、流行音樂和數位文化。除了學術生涯外，他的工作經歷還包括音樂家、音樂記者、普通音樂教師和樂器教師等職位。