MENC Handbook of Research Methodologies - Hardcover

Colwell, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195189450 ISBN 13: 9780195189452

Publisher: OUP 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.

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About the Author

Richard Colwell is Professor Emeritus of Music Education at the University of Illinois and the New England Conservatory of Music. 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. He is also a Guggenheim scholar and a member of MENC's Hall of Fame.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP USA
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195189450
• ISBN 13: 9780195189452
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416