Music Education: Recent submissions
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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Why choose music? A study in parental motivation toward formal music learning and the cultural beliefs regarding its benefits.
Published 2008-12-18The purpose of this study was to examine the motivations of parents when choosing to engage their children in formal music learning, whilst exploring the cultural beliefs regarding its benefits. The study was conducted in ...Open AccessThesis