MasterClass in Music Education Transforming Teaching and Learning [Hardcover]

MasterClass in Music Educationprovides vivid, topical, reflective and above all real' accounts from existing teachers researching in the field, together with theoretical insights and a guided view of the relevant existing literature.

Students embarking upon research will gain a many-faceted understanding of the possibilities for using action research and other research methods to explore the interesting and challenging issues confronting music education. At the same time, they will be able to develop an understanding of how to carry out research from the real life case study accounts written by their peers. John Finney and Felicity Laurence provide overarching support, drawing on their own experiences as supervisors of MA Music Education students to frame the debates and reflections which arise.

John Finneyis Senior Lecturer in Music Education at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK.

Felicity Laurenceis Lecturer in Music Education at Newcastle University, UK, where she is Director of the MA in Music and Education.

Series Foreword,Sue Brindley (University of Cambridge, UK)AcknowledgementsNotes on ContributorsPrefacePrologue: Rethinking Assessment in Music,Di Brady (Essex, UK)Part I: Setting the Scene: Reflective Music Teaching1. Music Teachers as Researchers,John Finney (University of Cambridge, UK)2. Doing Research in Music Education,Felicity Laurence (Newcastle University, UK)Part II: Investigating Music Educational PracticeIntroduction,Felicity Laurence (Newcastle University, UK)3. Young Children's Inventive Singing: A Critical Reading,Isla Hughes (Newcastle University, UK)4. Singing for Learning: Questions of Methodology and Method,Hannah Craine (London, UK)5. Children's Enjoyment of Singing in a Primary School: Processes and Problems in Survey Methodology,Rachael Baskaran (Hampshire, UK)6. Being Researched, Becoming a Researcher: Ethical ls"