Inquiry in Music Education: Concepts and Methods for the Beginning Researcher

Contents

• Introduction. Learning about the Book and Getting Involved /
• Part I . Entering the World of Questioning: Chapters One through Three /
• Chapter 1 . The Spiral and Modes of Inquiry: Options, Choices, and Initial Decisions /
• Chapter 2 . Finding and Mapping Sources of Information /
• Chapter 3 . Toward a Rationale and Research Plan: Writing a Contract with Yourself /
• Part II . Chapters Five through Fourteen: Methods in Modes of Inquiry /
• Chapter 4 . Ways of Thinking and their Consequences /
• Chapter 5 . Approaches in the Philosophical Mode of Inquiry /
• Chapter 6 . Historical Inquiry: Getting Inside the Process (Marie McCarthy) /
• Chapter 7 . Purposes and Questions in Qualitative Research /
• Chapter 8 . Selected Procedures for Gathering, Analyzing, and Reflecting on Qualitative Data /
• Chapter 9 . Quantitative Research in Music Education: Letting Numbers Speak /
• Chapter 10 . Understanding Descriptive Statistics (Debbie Rohwer) /
• Chapter 11 . Interpreting Correlations (Debbie Rohwer) /
• Chapter 12 . Designing Ex Post Facto and Experimental Studies (Debbie Rohwer) /
• Chapter 13 . Exploring Mixed Methods, Practitioner, and Arts-Based Inquiry /
• Chapter 14 . Tools for Data Gathering: Basics of Content and Construction /
• Chapter 15 . "So What?" Interpreting and Sharing your Findings / Recapitulation. Placing Your Research Experience in the Bigger Picture /
• Appendix A: Working out a Course or Project Timeline /
• Appendix B: Selected "'isms" as found by Rainbow & Froehlich, 1987 /
• Appendix C: John Curwen's Account of Sarah Glover Teaching Music /
• Appendix D: Sample Template for Organizing Coded Qualitative Data and Files /
• Appendix E: Choices of Statistical Tests for Parametric and Non-parametric Data