Edited by Colleen M. Conway
While qualitative research has become increasingly popular in music education over the last decade, there is no source that explains the terms, approaches and issues associated with this method. In The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research in American Music Education, editor Colleen Conway and
the contributing music educators will provide that clarification, as well as models of qualitative studies within various music education disciplines.
The handbook outlines the history of qualitative research in music education and explores the contemporary use of qualitative approaches
in examining issues related to music teaching and learning. It includes 32 chapters and is divided into five parts. Part I defines qualitative research and examines historical, philosophical and ethical issues associated with its use in music education. Part II discusses ways of approaching
qualitative research including: case study, ethnography, phenomenology, narrative inquiry, practitioner inquiry, and mixed methods. Ways of collecting and analyzing data are examined in the third part of the text (observations, interviews, document analysis, music as data and technology). Part IV
examines various music teaching and learning contexts that have been studied using qualitative approaches including: early childhood, general, instrumental-band, instrumental-string, choral, preservice and inservice teacher education, adult and community settings, student with exceptionalities,
underserved populations, and world music. The final section of the book tackles permission to conduct research, teacher qualitative research, publishing qualitative research and direction for the future.
An ambitious and much-needed volume, this handbook will stand as a key resource for
drawing meaning from the experiences of students and teachers in music classrooms and communities.
1. Colleen Conway: Introduction
Part One: Defining Qualitative Research in American Music Education
2. Koji Matsunobu and Liora Bresler: Qualitative Research in Music Education: Concepts, Goals, and Characteristics
3. Colleen Conway and Chad West: History of Qualitative
Research American Music Education
4. Randall Allsup: Epistemology and Qualitative Research in Music Education
5. John Scheib: Theoretical Frameworks in Music Education Qualitative Research
6. Mitchell Robinson: Changing the Conversation: Considering Quality in Music Education Qualitative
Research
Part Two: Variety in Qualitative Approaches in Music Education
7. Janet Barrett: Case Study Research in Music Education
8. Patti Krueger: Ethnographic Research in Music Education
9. Ryan Hourigan and Scott Edgar: Phenomenological Research in Music Education
10.
Sandra Stauffer: Narrative Inquiry in Music Education
11. Janet Robbins: Practitioner Inquiry in Music Education
12. Kate Fitzpatrick: Use of Qualitative Research Within Mixed Methods Designs
Part Three: Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis in Music Education
13. Margaret
Schmidt: Collecting and Analyzing Observation of Music Teaching and Learning Data
14. Kathryn Roulston: Conducting and Analyzing Individual Interviews
15. John Eros: Conducting and Analyzing Focus Group Interview Data
16. Evan Tobias: Collecting, Generating, and Analyzing Multimodal and
Multimedia Data: From Journals to Video Recordings
17. Peter Webster: Uses of Technology in Music Education Qualitative Research
18. Kristen Pellegrino: Music-Making as Data: Collection and Analysis
Part Four: Qualitative Research Within Selected Areas of Music Education
19.
Alison Reynolds: Early Childhood Music Education
20. Ann Marie Stanley: General Music
21. Chad West: Instrumental Music
22. Margaret Berg: Instrumental Music
23. Bridget Sweet: Choral Music
24. Mark Campbell and Linda Thompson: Critical Analysis of Qualitative Research on
Learning to Teach Music In Preservice Music Teacher Education
25. Colleen Conway and Scott Edgar: Music Teacher Professional Development
26. Nathan Kruse and Erin Hansen: Adult and Community Music Education
27. Ryan Hourigan: Qualitative Research Examining Students with Exceptionalities
in Music Education
28. Bruce Carter: Qualitative Research to Examine Underserved Populations
29. Yiannis Miralis: World Music in the Music Education Classroom
Part Five: Ethics, Publishing and the Future of Qualitative Research in Music Education
30. Judy Birk and Cynthia
Shindledecker: Ethics and Qualitative Research in Music Education
31. MItchell Robinson: The Politics of Publication: Voices, Venues and Ethics
32. Liora Bresler: Qualitative Research Experientially and Aesthetically
33. Janet Barrett: Future Possibilities for Qualitative Research in
Music Education
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Colleen M. Conway has published over 80 articles in all of the major music education journals. She is currently Editor-in-Chief of Arts Education Policy Review. Books in print include: Great Beginnings for Music Teachers (2003); Handbook for the Beginning Music Teacher (2006); Teaching Music
in Higher Education (2009); Handbook for the Music Mentor (2010); Curriculum and Assessment in Music Education (in press).
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