Music Education: Recent submissions
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Rational and intuitive approaches to music composition: The impact of individual differences in thinking/learning styles on compositional processes
Published 2008-12-18This study explores the idea that there are two different types of composers, those that use a rational process of composition involving pre-planning and use of external systems and those that use an intuitive process that ...Open AccessThesis -
"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 -
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 -
The perceptions of adolescent boys regarding music participation and social behaviour
Published 2008-05-25This study is an exploration of adolescent boys’ perceptions of the relationship between music participation and social behaviour. Adolescent boys have been identified by the literature as a social group in particular need ...Open AccessThesis -
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