Browsing Music Education by title
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Australian jazz musician-educators: An exploration of experts' approaches to teaching jazz
Published 2009-12-11This qualitative study explores the approaches of expert jazz musicians actively involved in teaching, or jazz musician-educators, towards teaching jazz. The participants were six jazz musician-educators, whose experiences ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
Australian perspectives on Indigenous music education
Published 2010-02-19This study examined the contextual and philosophical pretexts underpinning the learning and teaching of music indigenous to Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Papua New Guinean peoples through the eyes of six Australian ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
Canons in the classroom: An exploration of teachers' selection of works for musicological examination in New South Wales.
Published 2008-12-12This study provides a detailed view of current practice in relation to the New South Wales Board of Studies Music 2 Syllabus Mandatory Topic, ‘Music of the last 25 years (Australian focus)’. It closely examines various ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
The change in parental involvement in boys' instrumental practice
Published 2009-12-22This study examines the nature and influences of the change in parental involvement in boys’ instrumental practice within a single school context. Questionnaire data was collected from the parents of male students in Years ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
Childhood to teacher: Pre-service educators' formative musical experiences and their decision to become a classroom music teacher
Published 2009-12-19This study explores the relationships between formative musical experiences, narrative constructions of music teacher identity and the influence of these identity constructions on the decision to become a classroom music ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
The effects of a Cuban musical exchange trip on the musical journeys of students from a Sydney high school
Published 2008-01-08This ethnographic study provides a qualitative account and analysis of the ways in which students’ musical journeys are enhanced through cross cultural educational travel. Narrative reporting by Sydney High School students ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
An exploration of a student string quartet as a model of cooperative learning
Published 2008-01-08This descriptive case study explores the functioning of a student string quartet during rehearsal. Through the theoretical lens of social constructivism, this study seeks to develop a meaningful interpretation of the ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
Exploring the self-concept and identity of Sydney Conservatorium students with and without absolute pitch
Published 2007-01-18Absolute Pitch (AP) is the ability to identify pitches without external references (Parncutt & Levitin, 2001). It is a rare ability that is more prevalent among musicians. This qualitative study explored the perceptions ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
Girls don't rock and boys don't bop: adolescent musical identity and gender stereotypes in popular music.
Published 2008-12-18This study investigated what are considered to be gender appropriate musical behaviours from the perspective of adolescents, with a particular focus on listening behaviours and musical preferences. Gender stereotypes in ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
The impact of music therapy on the social behaviours of children with autism in a structured outdoor inclusive setting
Published 2010-09-02The aim of this study was to examine the impact of music therapy (MT) on the development of three specific social skills – joint attention, imitation and turn-taking – in children with autism (N = 4). The development and ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
THE IMPACT OF PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT ON PIANO LEARNING IN CULTURALLY DIVERSE COMMUNITIES
Published 2024-02-12This thesis compared and examined approaches to parental involvement in piano learning in various sociocultural contexts in Greater Sydney. The study also explored how piano teachers adapted their teaching styles to encourage ...Open AccessThesis -
The implementation of Music Life Skills in Schools for Specific Purposes
Published 2010-07-30This mixed methods study explores the implementation of Music Life Skills in Schools for Specific Purposes (SSPs) in New South Wales, focusing on the perceptions of educators and their programming methods, in order to ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
Informal Learning and teacher education students: Changing perceptions towards and educational paradigm shift
Published 2011-09-06This qualitative study is aimed at investigating the effects of teacher education students’ introduction to Informal Learning in a conservatoire setting, their perceptions of their preparation and willingness to use it in ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
"Into the Woods": The Experiences and Preparation of Teachers Who Direct Secondary School Musical Theatre
Published 2011-08-19This study examines the personal investment of four NSW Independent secondary school music and drama teachers who direct musical theatre productions. It considers these teachers’ attitudes and beliefs regarding the social ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
"Just sitting there learning": Case studies in NSW secondary school music and musical participation
Published 2008-12-18This study explores the relationships between school musical culture, adolescent musical preference and music teaching strategies in secondary school, in order to determine the extent to which these are factors influencing ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
Karen indigenous music and dance learning in an Australian non-formal context: A case study in maintenance and transmission
Published 2010-01-21This study examines the viability of transmission and maintenance of Karen indigenous music and dance in an Australian non-formal context. Qualitative in design, the research comprised an ethnographic case study of an ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
Love it, love it not: Parental attitudes regarding children’s music learning in Kuala Lumpur
Published 2008-12-18This study aimed to investigate parental beliefs regarding children’s music learning in Kuala Lumpur. It examined the reasons behind parental support for private instrumental tuition, the effect of parental conceptions of ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
A multi-case study of the ways music learning is used to meet the social, emotional and cultural challenges experienced by refugees and asylum seekers in Sydney
Published 2008-03-03This is a study of the ways in which refugee and asylum seeker learners benefit from engaging in community music programs during resettlement or detention. It explores the means by which music learning can address the ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
Music in the lives of Deaf students in an Australian school
Published 2009-01-05This qualitative case study explores the ways in which Deaf students involve themselves with music, in a variety of contexts and from multiple perspectives, including the students’ own perspective. A Sydney school offering ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
Music-Based Language Learning in Remote Australian Indigenous Schools
Published 2011-09-06In response to the disproportionately low educational outcomes of students in remote Indigenous schools, this study examined the potential for musical activities to provide a platform for the learning of Standard Australian ...Open AccessThesis, Honours