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The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research in American Music Education

Online ISBN:
9780199984541
Print ISBN:
9780199844272
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
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The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research in American Music Education

Colleen M. Conway (ed.)
Colleen M. Conway
(ed.)
Music education, University of Michigan
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Colleen M.Conway is Professor of Music Education at The University of Michigan. She has published over 90 research articles in music education. Her book publications include: Great Beginning for Music Teachers: A Guide to Mentoring and Induction (2003); Handbook for the Beginning Music Teacher (2006); Teaching Music in Higher Education (2009); Handbook for the Music Mentor (2010); Handbook of Qualitative Research in American Music Education (2014) and Musicianship-Focused Curriculum and Assessment (2015).

Published online:
2 June 2014
Published in print:
1 July 2014
Online ISBN:
9780199984541
Print ISBN:
9780199844272
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Content in this book has been updated on 16 August 2023.

Abstract

The Handbook of Qualitative Research in American Music Education is a resource for music education researchers, music education graduate students, and P-16 music teachers. Qualitative research has become an increasingly popular research approach in music education in the last 20 years and until now there has been no source that clarifies terms, challenges, and issues in qualitative research for music education. This Handbook provides that clarification and presents model qualitative studies within the various music education disciplines. The first section of the text defines qualitative research, provides a history of qualitative research in music education, clarifies epistemological foundations and theoretical frameworks and addresses quality in qualitative research. The approaches of case study, ethnography, phenomenology, narrative, and practitioner inquiry are addressed in the second section. Part III examines data collection and analysis with regard to observations, interviews, documents and multi-media data. Within the 11 chapters in the fourth part of the book authors provide syntheses of qualitative research within various areas of music education (i.e., early childhood, strings, and teacher education). The final part of the book examines technology, rigor, ethics, and the future of qualitative research.

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