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Lu, Tiffany – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Orchestral rehearsals in college focus exclusively on preparing concert programs. Drawing from the experiences of undergraduate string players and orchestral directors, I argue that this approach is educationally suboptimal because it fails to maximize the college orchestral rehearsal time as an educational space, forgoing the development of…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Educational Principles, Music Education, Musical Instruments
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Prest, Anita; Goble, J. Scott; Vazquez-Cordoba, Hector – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2023
Recent curriculum policy changes in British Columbia (BC) require that educators in all subject areas--including music--embed local Indigenous knowledge, pedagogies, and worldviews in their classes. Yet facilitating such decolonizing cross-cultural music education activities requires knowledge that music educators may not currently possess. We use…
Descriptors: School Districts, Music Education, American Indians, American Indian Culture
Pablo Rodriguez Aedo – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This study is about music teaching strategies for students with low vision, including blindness. Based on a two-case ethnographic design, this study focuses on understanding what decisions in terms of activities, lesson plans, and curricula, six participants from two different schools adopted for their students, as well as how these decisions…
Descriptors: Music Education, Teaching Methods, Students with Disabilities, Visual Impairments
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Barry, Nancy; Henry, Daniel – Contributions to Music Education, 2015
This study aimed to gain an in-depth perspective through examining how the conducting pedagogy of three selected exemplary high school and college instrumental music conductors function within the context of an actual rehearsal. A typical rehearsal was video recorded, followed by a "think-aloud" session in which the conductor viewed the…
Descriptors: Musicians, Music, Music Education, Administrators
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Tobias, Evan S. – International Journal of Music Education, 2015
In this case study, the author investigated intersections of secondary students' musical engagement in a Songwriting and Technology Class (STC) and outside of school. The study traces the experiences of three individual participants and three participant groups (six embedded cases in total) in the creation, performance, recording, and production…
Descriptors: Music, Music Education, Secondary School Students, Music Activities
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Robinson, Pip – Victorian Journal of Music Education, 2013
Informal learning practices, based on Lucy Green's research into how popular musicians learn, offer students in the music classroom the opportunity to explore collaborative, aural-based learning that is guided, rather than directed, by the teacher. Over a period of five years, informal learning projects were included in the music curricula of two…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Musicians, Music, Music Education
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Cornell, Helen Loftin – Music Educators Journal, 1974
In this article, the author, an elementary music teacher with the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, offers suggestions for developing music materials for the open classroom. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Schools, Instructional Materials, Learning Processes
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Westervelt, Marie J. – Music Educators Journal, 1974
Article looked at educational practices in Great Britain to see how music functions in an open education environment. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Creative Expression, Curriculum Development, Learning Processes, Music Activities
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Landis, Beth – Educational Leadership, 1973
American music educators are a major part of the continuing change in music curriculum that has been planned for public school music of presentday America. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Dance, Educational History, Music Activities
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Bartel, Lee R. – Music Educators Journal, 1990
Suggests that the bias linking guitars to popular culture has needlessly limited approaches to teaching guitar. Examines how each of five current programs develops different music skills. Advocates a comprehensive, multifaceted program capable of emphasizing student skills in melody, harmony, perception, creativity, and performance over six years…
Descriptors: Applied Music, Cultural Influences, Curriculum Development, Music Activities
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1971
This K-12 music curriculum guide provides criteria for evaluating musical instructional programs and offers assistance to musical educators who wish to improve the content of their musical instructional programs. It is divided into three major parts, the first of which considers administrative implications and makes specific recommendations for…
Descriptors: Choral Music, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Guides
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Gustafson, Grant – Music Educators Journal, 1996
Provides a thorough overview of middle school guitar instruction discussing both private and group lessons. Considers the role of the guitar as both a solo instrument and in ensemble and orchestra. Includes curricular guidelines for a beginning guitar course and a sample list of songs for a final recital. (MJP)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Instructional Development, Instrumentation and Orchestration, Intermediate Grades
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Cassuto, Barbara – Montessori Life, 1996
Describes a Montessori music program consisting of vocal music education, instrumental education, and a classical musical appreciation at the Montessori Elementary School of San Leandro, California. Describes educational opportunities provided by the in-house music room and through field trips. Argues that a music program is achievable in any…
Descriptors: Choral Music, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum