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Enjoyment of Music and GCSE Uptake: Survey Findings from Three North East Schools in England
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Helen Whitford; Dimitra Kokotsaki – British Journal of Music Education, 2024
In recent years, music education has seen a decline in the number of students choosing to continue their studies at Key Stage 4 (14- to 16-year-old students) and choose music as a GCSE option in England. Whilst the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), a school performance measure which excludes the arts, has come under much scrutiny as to its impact on…
Descriptors: Music Education, Secondary School Students, Advanced Placement, Learning Motivation
Studies in Teaching: 2022 Research Digest. Action Research Projects Presented at Annual Research Forum (Winston-Salem, North Carolina, June 30, 2022)
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McCoy, Leah P., Ed. – Online Submission, 2022
This document presents the proceedings of the 26th Annual Research Forum held June 30, 2022, at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Included are the following ten action research papers: (1) Historical Empathy, Primary Sources, and Subjectivity in History (Camron Alten-Dunkle); (2) Cultivating Classroom Science Outdoors…
Descriptors: Action Research, History Instruction, Outdoor Education, Science Education
Communities of Practice in the Conservatory: Learning with a Professional Musician
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Virkkula, Esa – British Journal of Music Education, 2016
This article examines the sociocultural learning of popular and jazz music in communities of practice as part of secondary vocational music education in a Finnish conservatory. The research is based on performance workshops which were implemented as a joint effort between professional musicians and music students. These workshops are suggested as…
Descriptors: Music Education, Communities of Practice, Music, Popular Culture
Motivation to Study Music in Australian Schools: The Impact of Music Learning, Gender, and Socio-Economic Status
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McPherson, Gary E.; Osborne, Margaret S.; Barrett, Margaret S.; Davidson, Jane W.; Faulkner, Robert – Research Studies in Music Education, 2015
This study extends an eight-country mapping exercise (McPherson & O'Neill, 2010; see "Research Studies in Music Education" issues 2010-2011) to include students' motivation to study music within the Australian context. It sought to determine whether music learners (students learning an instrument or voice), might be more motivated to…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Gender Differences, Music Education, Music
The Socio-Educational Model of Music Motivation
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MacIntyre, Peter D.; Potter, Gillian K.; Burns, Jillian N. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2012
The well-established socio-educational model of second language learning motivation developed by R. C. Gardner was adapted and applied to study instrumental music learning motivation. The similarities between music and language suggested that the adaptation might lead to new insights in the study of music motivation. At the heart of the proposed…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Music Education, Comparative Analysis, Learning Motivation
New Challenges to Education: Lessons from around the World. BCES Conference Books, Volume 19
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Popov, Nikolay, Ed.; Wolhuter, Charl, Ed.; de Beer, Louw, Ed.; Hilton, Gillian, Ed.; Ogunleye, James, Ed.; Achinewhu-Nworgu, Elizabeth, Ed.; Niemczyk, Ewelina, Ed. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2021
This volume contains a collection of selected papers submitted to the 19th Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) held in June 2021. The 19th BCES Conference theme is "New Challenges to Education: Lessons from around the World." The book includes 40 papers written by 66 authors from 15…
Descriptors: Educational History, Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Global Approach