Exploring Research in Music Education and Music Therapy Book

Each chapter ends with Study and Discussion Questions and Suggested Activities.
Preface
PART ONE. RESEARCH BASICS
1. Research in Music Education and Music Therapy
The Values of Research Research Publications Research Genres Understanding Research Genres
2. The Research Study
Who Does Research?
The Research Article Quality of Presentation The Trust Factor
3. Reading Research: A Commentary
Research with Typical and Disabled Students
Judith A. Jellison (2002). "On-task Participation of Typical Students Close to and Away from Classmates with Disabilities in an Elementary Music Classroom."
PART TWO. HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH
4. Historical Research
Purposes and Procedures Gathering and Verifying the Evidence Interpreting the Evidence and Drawing Conclusions Reading Historical Research
Martha Chrisman Riley (1990). "Portrait of a Nineteenth-Century School Music Program."
5. Philosophical Research
The Purpose of Philosophical Research Philosophical Perspectives and Analyses The Method of Philosophical Research Problems with Philosophical Research Reading Philosophical Research: A Commentary
Estelle Jorgensen (2006). "Reflections on Futures for Music Education Philosophy."
PART THREE. QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
6. Principles of Qualitative Research
Characteristics of Qualitative Research Modes of Inquiry Data Collection, Analysis, and Interpretation Reading Qualitative Research: An Ethnography
Manny Brand (2002). "An Ethnographic Study of Hong Kong and American Music Education Students."
7. Critical Reading of Qualitative Research
General Content Standards Specific Content Standards Behind the Scenes Reading Qualitative Research: A Case Study
John W. Scheib (2003). "Role Stress in the Professional Life of the School Music Teacher: A Collective Case Study."
8. Reflecting On Qualitative Research
The Thought Process
Louis Schleuter (1994/1995). "Qualitative Study of Dialogue: A Thought Process."
Reading Qualitative Research
Barbara L. Wheeler (2002). "Experiences and Concerns of Students During Music Therapy Practica."
PART FOUR. QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
9. Principles of Quantitative Research
The Scientific Method Non-Experimental Research Validity and Reliability Experimental Research
10. Analysis of the Data
Basic Statistical Concepts Determining Significance Between Means Statistical Tests
11. Quantitative Research: Descriptive
Reading Descriptive Research: A Commentary
Kate Gfeller, Steven K. Hedden, and Alice-Ann Darrow (1990). "Perceived Effectiveness of Mainstreaming in Iowa and Kansas Schools."
Reading Descriptive Research: Patterns of Instruction
Cornelia Yarbrough and Harry E. Price (1989). "Sequential Patterns of Instruction in Music."
12. Quantitative Research: Experimental
Reading Experimental Research: A Commentary
Kenneth H. Phillips and Steven W. Emge (1994). "Vocal Registration as It Affects Vocal Range for Seventh- and Eighth-Grade Boys."
Reading True-Experimental Research
Kenneth H. Phillips (1985). "The Effects of Group Breath-Control Training on the Singing Ability of Elementary Students."
Reading Quasi-Experimental Research
Karin Harfst Sehmann (2000). "The Effects of Breath Management Instruction on the Performance of Elementary Brass Players."
13. Quantitative Research: Clinical
Studying Behavior in a Clinical Environment Reading Clinical Research
Rebecca L. Engen (2005). "The Singer's Breath: Implications for Treatment of Persons with Emphysema."
Chris Turner, Bruce Gantz, Mary Lowder, and Kate Gfeller (2005). "Benefits Seen in Acoustic Hearing + Electric Simulation in Same Ear."
14. Mixed Methods Research
Reading a Mixed-Design Research Study
Clifford K. Madsen and Steven N. Kelly (2002). "First Remembrances of Wanting to Become a Music Teacher."
Reading Mixed Research
Lois Schleuter (1991). "Student Teachers' Preactive and Postactive Curricular Thinking."
PART 5. RESEARCH AND THE CLASSROOM
15. Action Research
Action Research Genres The Action Research Process
Colleen M. Conway and James Borst (2001). "Action Research in Music Education."
16. Integrating Research and Teaching
Teaching Based on Research Teachers as Researchers
Ursula Casanova (1989). "Research and Practice: We Can Integrate Them."
Epilogue
Appendix A. Contents of the Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning (1992)
Appendix B. Contents of The New Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning (2002)
Appendix C. An Annotated Listing of Research Journals in Music Education and Music Therapy
Glossary
References
Index