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Hart, Adam – London Review of Education, 2017
This paper presents an ongoing project to develop a freeware resource for music composition in the primary classroom. The national curriculum for music at Key Stages 1 and 2 calls for students to "compose music for a range of purposes using the inter-related dimensions of music", a challenging aim that demands significant guidance,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Musical Composition, National Curriculum, Music Education
Bell, Adam Patrick – Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 2015
The proliferation of computers, tablets, and smartphones has resulted in digital audio workstations (DAWs) such as GarageBand in being some of the most widely distributed musical instruments. Positing that software designers are dictating the music education of DAW-dependent music-makers, I examine the fallacy that music-making applications such…
Descriptors: Music Education, Educational Technology, Computer Software, Music Activities
Louth, Paul – Philosophy of Music Education Review, 2013
This paper considers the issue of computer-assisted composition in formal music education settings from the perspective of critical theory. The author examines the case of MIDI-based software applications and suggests that the greatest danger from the standpoint of ideology critique is not the potential for circumventing a traditional…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Musical Composition, Music Education, Computer Software
Smarkusky, Debra L.; Toman, Sharon A. – Information Systems Education Journal, 2016
Interdisciplinary teaching and interpretation of technology for various applications provides a challenging and engaging environment for students to enhance their creativity, critical thinking and problem-solving skills. This paper presents results of a joint effort between faculty in the Department of Information Sciences and Technology and the…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Music Education, Information Science, Teaching Methods
Louth, Paul – Philosophy of Music Education Review, 2013
This paper considers the issue of computer-assisted composition in formal music education settings from the perspective of critical theory. The author examines the case of MIDI-based software applications and suggests that the greatest danger from the standpoint of ideology critique is not the potential for circumventing a traditional…
Descriptors: Music Education, Musical Composition, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Vakeva, Lauri – British Journal of Music Education, 2010
In this paper, I suggest that it is perhaps time to consider the pedagogy of popular music in more extensive terms than conventional rock band practices have to offer. One direction in which this might lead is the expansion of the informal pedagogy based on a "garage band" model to encompass various modes of digital artistry wherever this artistry…
Descriptors: Music Education, Informal Education, Music, Computer Software
Gall, Marina; Breeze, Nick – International Journal of Educational Research, 2008
This paper draws on results of a research project InterActive Education: Teaching and Learning in the Information Age (see www.interactiveeducation.ac.uk). The overall aim of the project was to examine ways in which new technologies can be used in educational settings to enhance learning. Research was carried out across a range of school subjects:…
Descriptors: Music Education, Creative Teaching, Computer Software, Educational Technology
Nilsson, Bo; Folkestad, Goran – Music Education Research, 2005
Today's children live in a world where music in all its different forms has become a significant factor in their everyday life. This article describes a 2-year empirical study of nine 8-year-old Swedish children creating music with synthesiser and computer software. The aim of the study is to describe and clarify the creative processes of…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Music, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries
Reynolds, Nicholas – Australian Educational Computing, 2002
This paper serves as a brief description of research into the use of professional level music software as a learning tool for creativity and composition by primary school children. The research formed the basis of a Master of Information Technology in Education degree at the University of Melbourne. The paper examines the physical environment, the…
Descriptors: Creativity, Music Education, Musical Composition, Computer Software