Exploring Research in Music Education and Music Therapy

Contents

• Each chapter ends with Study and Discussion Questions and Suggested Activities.
• Preface:
• PART ONE. RESEARCH BASICS
• 1. Research in Music Education and Music Therapy
• The Values of Research
• Research Publications
• Research Genres
• Understanding Research Genres
• 2. The Research Study
• Who Does Research?
• The Research Article
• Quality of Presentation
• The Trust Factor
• 3. Reading Research: A Commentary
• Research with Typical and Disabled Students
• Judith A. Jellison (2002). On-task Participation of Typical Students Close to and Away from Classmates with Disabilities in an Elementary Music Classroom.
• PART TWO. HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH
• 4. Historical Research
• Purposes and Procedures
• Gathering and Verifying the Evidence
• Interpreting the Evidence and Drawing Conclusions
• Reading Historical Research
• Martha Chrisman Riley (1990). Portrait of a Nineteenth-Century School Music Program.
• 5. Philosophical Research
• The Purpose of Philosophical Research
• Philosophical Perspectives and Analyses
• The Method of Philosophical Research
• Problems with Philosophical Research
• Reading Philosophical Research: A Commentary
• Estelle Jorgensen (2006). Reflections on Futures for Music Education Philosophy.
• PART THREE. QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
• 6. Principles of Qualitative Research
• Characteristics of Qualitative Research
• Modes of Inquiry
• Data Collection, Analysis, and Interpretation
• Reading Qualitative Research: An Ethnography
• Manny Brand (2002). An Ethnographic Study of Hong Kong and American Music Education Students.
• 7. Critical Reading of Qualitative Research
• General Content Standards
• Specific Content Standards
• Behind the Scenes
• Reading Qualitative Research: A Case Study
• John W. Scheib (2003). Role Stress in the Professional Life of the School Music Teacher: A Collective Case Study.
• 8. Reflecting On Qualitative Research
• The Thought Process
• Louis Schleuter (1994/1995). Qualitative Study of Dialogue: A Thought Process.
• Reading Qualitative Research
• Barbara L. Wheeler (2002). Experiences and Concerns of Students During Music Therapy Practica.
• PART FOUR. QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
• 9. Principles of Quantitative Research
• The Scientific Method
• Non-Experimental Research
• Validity and Reliability
• Experimental Research
• 10. Analysis of the Data
• Basic Statistical Concepts
• Determining Significance Between Means
• Statistical Tests
• 11. Quantitative Research: Descriptive
• Reading Descriptive Research: A Commentary
• Kate Gfeller, Steven K. Hedden, and Alice-Ann Darrow (1990). Perceived Effectiveness of Mainstreaming in Iowa and Kansas Schools.
• Reading Descriptive Research: Patterns of Instruction
• Cornelia Yarbrough and Harry E. Price (1989). Sequential Patterns of Instruction in Music.
• 12. Quantitative Research: Experimental
• Reading Experimental Research: A Commentary
• Kenneth H. Phillips and Steven W. Emge (1994). Vocal Registration as It Affects Vocal Range for Seventh- and Eighth-Grade Boys.
• Reading True-Experimental Research
• Kenneth H. Phillips (1985). The Effects of Group Breath-Control Training on the Singing Ability of Elementary Students.
• Reading Quasi-Experimental Research
• Karin Harfst Sehmann (2000). The Effects of Breath Management Instruction on the Performance of Elementary Brass Players.
• 13. Quantitative Research: Clinical
• Studying Behavior in a Clinical Environment
• Reading Clinical Research
• Rebecca L. Engen (2005). The Singer's Breath: Implications for Treatment of Persons with Emphysema.
• Chris Turner, Bruce Gantz, Mary Lowder, and Kate Gfeller (2005). Benefits Seen in Acoustic Hearing + Electric Simulation in Same Ear.
• 14. Mixed Methods Research
• Reading a Mixed-Design Research Study
• Clifford K. Madsen and Steven N. Kelly (2002). First Remembrances of Wanting to Become a Music Teacher.
• Reading Mixed Research
• Lois Schleuter (1991). Student Teachers' Preactive and Postactive Curricular Thinking.
• PART 5. RESEARCH AND THE CLASSROOM
• 15. Action Research
• Action Research Genres
• The Action Research Process
• Colleen M. Conway and James Borst (2001). Action Research in Music Education.
• 16. Integrating Research and Teaching
• Teaching Based on Research
• Teachers as Researchers
• Ursula Casanova (1989). Research and Practice: We Can Integrate Them.
• Epilogue
• Appendix A. Contents of the Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning (1992):
• Appendix B. Contents of The New Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning (2002):
• Appendix C. An Annotated Listing of Research Journals in Music Education and Music Therapy:
• Glossary:
• References:
• Index: