本論文提出強調多模態經驗與創意過程的藝術教育策略，以多模態經驗與創意過程作為一般藝術，尤其是聲音與音樂的詮釋與再現工作中的關鍵因素。本論文認為多模態經驗與創意過程有助於瞭解藝術與藝術家所存在的文化生態系統，進而促使對創意實踐牽涉的美學、社會、經濟、政治與科技等元素間的互動與互相依存關係，進行全面性分析。為了找出多模態與文化生態之間的關係，本論文提出一種呈現與詮釋田野調查資料的方法，也就是文中所謂的「模擬訪查」。本論文建議教育工作者與學生嘗試使用模擬訪查這項工具，它將有助於提昇對過程與創意實踐的興趣，從而達成學習與創作並行的教學目標。本論文涉及的田野研究是 2009 年，針對北京當代音樂家進行的民族誌晤談與觀察。這項田野訪查計畫與中國藤 (ChinaVine) 有關，中國藤是一項跨國網路計畫，成立目的是將中國文化遺產與知識傳遞給以英語為口說和閱讀語言的兒童、青年與成人。

In this essay, I articulate an approach to arts education focused on multimodal experience and creative process as important factors in interpretation and representation of arts in general, but more specifically sound and music. I argue that attention to multimodality of experience and creative process helps to situate art and artists in cultural ecologies, thereby encouraging holistic analysis of the interaction and interdependence between aesthetic, social, economic, political, and technological elements surrounding creative practice. Toward formulating a connection between multimodality and cultural ecologies, I will discuss a method for presentation and interpretation of field work materials that I call “mimetic inquiry.” I offer mimetic inquiry as a tool for educators and students alike that encourages engagement with processes and creative practices toward the pedagogical goal of integrating learning and making. The field research underlying my discussion occurred in 2009 and consisted of ethnographic i terviews and observation with contemporary musicians in Beijing. This particular field trip was associated with ChinaVine, a transnational web-based project with the mission of educating English-speaking and reading children, youth, and adults about the cultural heritage of China.