National Review of School Music Education

National Review of School Music Education
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2005
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780642775719

This study included a literature review, call for submissions, site visits, national survey and curriculum mapping to determine the current quality and status of music education in Australian schools. It provides an examination of the challenges facing schools in providing music education and highlights opportunities for strengthening music education in schools.

Aboriginal Music, Education for Living

Aboriginal Music, Education for Living
Author: Catherine J. Ellis
Publisher: St. Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press
Total Pages: 266
Release: 1985
Genre: Music
ISBN:

South Australian music styles, cultural use, musical setting (dance, costume/make-up, terminology); song-forms, types, texts, the intoned story; Pitjantjatjara music system - structure and meaning; culture contact and changes to tribal music and its uses, incorporation into Western culture; Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music; musics place in cross-cultural education.

Teenage Boys, Musical Identities, and Music Education

Teenage Boys, Musical Identities, and Music Education
Author: Jason Goopy
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2024-05-02
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1040046789

Music is a powerful process and resource that can shape and support who we are and wish to be. The interaction between musical identities and learning music highlights school music education’s potential contributions and responsibilities, especially in supporting young people’s mental health and well-being. Through the distinctive stories and drawings of Aaron, Blake, Conor, Elijah, Michael, and Tyler, this book reveals the musical identities of teenage boys in their final year of study at an Australian boys’ school. This text serves as an interface between music, education, and psychology using narrative inquiry. Previous research in music education often seeks to generalise boys, whereas this study recognises and celebrates the diverse individual voices of students where music plays a significant role in their lives. Adolescent boys’ musical identities are examined using the theories of identity work and possible selves, and their underlying music values and uses are considered important guiding principles and motivating goals in their identity construction. A teaching and learning framework to shape and support multiple musical identities in senior secondary class music is presented. The relatable and personal stories in this book will appeal to a broad readership, including music teachers, teacher educators, researchers, and readers interested in the role of music in our lives. Creative and arts-based research methods, including narrative inquiry and innovative draw and tell interviews, will be particularly relevant for research method courses and postgraduate research students.