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Chaseling, Marilyn; Boyd, William E. – Australian Journal of Music Education, 2014
This paper overviews the decline and revival of music education in New South Wales schools from 1920 to 1956. Commencing with a focus on vocal music during the period up to 1932, a time of decline in music teaching, the paper examines initiatives introduced in 1933 to address shortcomings in music education, and the subsequent changes in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Education, Educational Trends, Educational History
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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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Groves, Saundra L.; Groves, David L. – Adolescence, 1980
Briefly discusses music programing for special audiences. An illustrative exercise provided to point out a programing format, especially the sequencing activities and utilization of resources. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Evaluation, Exceptional Persons, Learning Activities
New York State Education Dept., Albany, Bureau of Music Education. – 1969
The three approaches of Carl Orff, Zoltan Kodaly, and Shinichi Suzuki to early childhood education can be successfully fused to provide a foundation for a total music curriculum from the nursery to secondary school. Basically, Orff suggests that rhythmic patterns should be experienced in children's natural language as they improvise melodies and…
Descriptors: Applied Music, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Language Rhythm
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Best, Harold M. – Design for Arts in Education, 1990
Outlines a philosophy for music literacy for all students that emphasizes wholeness. Suggests that music educators concentrate on nonverbal knowing, integrating popular and classical culture, balancing learned literature and improvisation, and making singing a central part of the music curriculum. Maintains that artistic excellence should be a…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Auditory Training, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
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Kenney, Susan – Music Educators Journal, 1989
Discusses effective ways to develop and promote educationally sound music programs for preschool children. Covers three types of music learning centers as versatile and inexpensive resources for creating independent learning environments: singing centers, instrument centers, and listening centers. Suggests ideas for group time, and for promoting…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Discovery Learning, Experiential Learning