Narrative Inquiry and the Uses of Narrative in Music Education Research

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colleen M. Conway ◽  
Sandra L. Stauffer
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Narrative Inquiry

Design and Analysis for Quantitative Research in Music Education

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Miksza ◽  
Kenneth Elpus
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Music Education ◽  
General Education ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Traditional Design ◽  
Design Type ◽  
To Come ◽  
Analytical Approaches

This book is an introduction to quantitative research design and data analysis presented in the context of music education scholarship. The book aims for readers to come away with a familiarity of prototypical research design possibilities as well as a fundamental understanding of data analysis techniques necessary for carrying out scientific inquiry. The book includes examples that demonstrate how the methodological and statistical concepts presented throughout can be applied to pertinent issues in music education. For the majority of Part I, the strategy is to present traditional design categories side by side with explanations of general analytical approaches for dealing with data yielded from each respective design type. Part II consists of chapters devoted to methodological and analytical approaches that have become common in related fields (e.g., psychology, sociology, general education research, educational policy) but are as yet not frequently exploited by music education researchers. Ultimately, this work is motivated by a desire to help scholars acquire the means to actualize their research curiosities and to contribute to the advancement of rigor in music education research throughout the profession at large.

Conclusion

2021 ◽  
pp. 162-168
Author(s):  
Alexandra Kertz-Welzel
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Music Education ◽  
New Music ◽  
Utopian Studies ◽  
Utopian Thinking

The final chapter summarizes the ideas presented in the previous chapters, highlights important issues, and opens up new perspectives for music education research. It discusses the utopian energy of music education and presents ideas about how to reconceptualize music education in view of social change. It reconnects the concepts developed in the previous chapters with significant notions in utopian studies to highlight the potential of this new music education approach, particularly in view of global crises. This final chapter tries to encourage utopian thinking to refine music education’s societal mission, but without forgetting or marginalizing its artistic and aesthetic dimensions.

Establishing Journal Eminence in Music Education Research

1998 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 405-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald L. Hamann ◽  
Keitha V. Lucas
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Music Education

Make Research, Not War: Methodologies and Music Education Research

2012 ◽  
pp. 681-684
Author(s):  
Wendy L. Sims
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Set Up

This article argues that music education researchers need not define nor divide themselves by the types of research they choose to do. They should defend their choices only with respect to how well they address research questions, and not against some abstract set of presumed “nonbelievers.” They need not “take sides,” set up “camps,” or hurl salvos at those whose research pursuits are different from their own, but rather attempt to understand the differences, and respect and value them.

scholarly journals Mapping visions of improvisation pedagogy in music education research

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-139
Author(s):  
Eeva Siljamäki ◽  
Panagiotis A. Kanellopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Music Educators ◽  
Learning Tool ◽  
Musical Improvisation ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Improvisation Pedagogy

This systematic literature review aims to identify and critically examine the prevailing general trends of music education research that addresses issues of improvisation from 1985 to 2015. The study examined the main features of studies with impact that focus on musical improvisation and have been published in peer-reviewed music education journals. Data were organised on the basis of the following: 1) General publication features; 2) Topic; 3) Methodological approach; 4) Participant features; 5) Type of improvisation; 6) Definition of improvisation; 7) Findings; 8) Suggestions for practice. The study also takes a close look at the construction of the discourses through which improvisation has been framed in the field of music education, providing insights on how such discourses create particular pedagogical visions of improvisation. To this end, we have created a map of the different visions of improvisation pedagogy that the studied works point towards. These visions have been clustered in the following five categories: (i) from rupture of certainties to creative problematisation; (ii) return to the “natural” beginning—in search of humanness; (iii) improvisation as a learning tool; (iv) conserving and enlivening traditions; (v) improvisation as an impetus for creativity. The map proposed in this study is meant as a possible representation of the general trends that underpin music education research focusing on improvisation. This map can also be seen as a “tool” through which music educators can situate their practice and reflect on their particular ways of working with improvisation, possibly envisioning alternative ways forward.

Achieving Our Aims in Music Education Research

1987 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 216-218
Author(s):  
Ruth Gustafson
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Music Education
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