Approaches to Qualitative Research

In this newly updated collection a diverse roster of scholars place qualitative research in music education into its historical context while providing readers with epistemological foundations and theoretical frameworks that can be applied to a range of teaching and learning contexts. Ethnography phenomenology case study narrative and practitioner inquiry are explored as well as the emergence of mixed methods research in music education rounding out a comprehensive overview of these qualitative research practices. Filled with cogent and practical insights from wide-ranging theoretical discourses <em>Approaches to Qualitative Research</em> is a go-to guidebook for beginning research students and advanced practitioners alike. <p/><em>Approaches to Qualitative Research</em> is the first of three paperback volumes derived from the original <em>Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research in American Music Education</em> which outlines the history of qualitative research in music education and explores the contemporary use of qualitative approaches in examining issues related to music teaching and learning.<br>