Diverse Methodologies in the Study of Music Teaching and Learning (PB)

A volume in Advances in Music Education ResearchSeries Editors Linda K. Thompson Lee Universityand Mark Robin Campbell SUNY at PotsdamDiverse Methodologies in the Study of Music Teaching and Learning brings to the music research community an expansive collectionof distinct and varied studies reflecting a broad range of topics based on the authors' interests and experiences. Methodologies exemplified in thecollection offer readers insight into the design and conduct of a whole range of distinctive research approaches: from personal narrative to speech-acttheory from social analysis of institutional practices and traditions to children-as-researchers from case studies of learning to critical analysis of multiculturalismand from human development to survey analysis studies.As a set of studies Diverse Methodologies represents and reflects the music education researchcommunity at a truly unique moment. The collection demonstrates the profession's increased motivationwillingness and desire to expand and enhance the research base and traditions in the study andpractice of music education. This volume is an important addition to the libraries of Colleges of Educationand Schools of Music as well as music scholars and educators researchers and graduate studentswho are concerned with advancing both the scope and quality of research in the study of music teachingand learning.