This volume of essays references traditional and contemporary thought on theory and practice in music education for all age groups, from the very young to the elderly. The material spans a broad range of subject areas from history and philosophy to art and music, and addresses issues such as curriculum, pedagogy, assessment and evaluation, as well as current issues in technology and performance standards. Written by leading researchers and educators from diverse countries and cultures, this selection of previously published articles, research studies and book chapters is representative of the most frequently discussed and debated topics in the profession. This volume, which documents the importance of lifelong learning, is an indispensable reference work for specialists in the field of music education.
2 For discussions, see, for example, Bennett and Dunne (1992), Bielaczyc and Collins (2000), Kincheloe and Steinberg (1998), Slavin (1995) and Watkins (2005); with relation to creativity, e.g. Jeffrey and Craft (2001); and with relation ...
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Singing practices in 10 families with young children. Journal of Research in Music Education, ... Passing the cultural torch: Musical experience and musical parenting of infants. ... Children's home musical experiences across the world.
This unique collection will not only enrich discussions that already use Music Matters as their core, but will globalize current discussions and applications of the praxial philosophy and emphasize the positive and practical values of ...
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musical encounters, the way in which a particular musical event departs from other music with which it might ... Her central text for us is Music and Its Lovers: An Empirical Study of Emotional and Imaginative Responses to Music (Lee, ...
This collection of original essays is in tribute to the work of Derek Scott on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday.
Undergraduates can come to know a variety of music through diverse musicking encounters with others toward a common goal of making music. UNESCO's four pillars of learning address learning to know, to do, to be, and to live well.
As one result, musicians across the world have brought both "new" and old religious beliefs into their works. This book investigates rock music as an expression of religious inquiry and religious devotion.
This book attempts to fill that need by offering a collection of essays that look critically at various global issues in music education from a Canadian perspective.