MENC Handbook of Research Methodologies - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195304551 ISBN 13: 9780195304558

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, 2006

Synopsis

With thorough coverage of the most important research schemata, this book represents the most comprehensive material on research in music education that has been published. The top researchers in the fields present an up-to-date and exhaustive guide to music education research that belongs on the shelves of every student and instructor in music education. Sponsored by the National Association of Music Education (MENC), this book provides the most thorough coverage to date of such topics as:
* The role of research in music education
* Philosophical method
* Qualitative research
* Quantitative research
* Historical methods
* Assessment and its relationship to research

This collection will prove essential for students and scholars of music education.

About this title

Review:

The chapters of the MENC Handbook of Research Methodologies provide an excellent overview of various practices in the music education research community and solid ground for constructing methodological frameworks. This book is certain to become an essential reference text for music education researchers, a standard for research courses, and a well-used volume in individual and institutional libraries. (Sandra L. Stauffer, Arizona State University)

About the Author:

Richard Colwell is Professor Emeritus of Music Education at the University of Illinois and Adjunct Professor of Music Education at the University of Michigan. He is the founding editor of the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education and the Quarterly Journal of Music Teaching and Learning.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0195304551
• ISBN 13: 9780195304558
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416
• Editor: Colwell Richard