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Fitzpatrick, Kate R. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2011
The purpose of this mixed methods study was to learn about the ways that instrumental music teachers in Chicago navigated the urban landscape. The design of the study most closely resembles Creswell and Plano Clark's (2007) two-part Triangulation Convergence Mixed Methods Design, with the addition of an initial exploratory focus group component.…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Music Education, Job Satisfaction, Focus Groups
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Fitzpatrick, Kate R. – Contributions to Music Education, 2013
The purpose of this study was to survey and compare the characteristics and perceptions of randomly selected urban and suburban (N=20) secondary instrumental music teachers in the Chicago area. Descriptive analysis of the demographic data demonstrated the following: suburban participants had higher levels of educational attainment than their urban…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Characteristics, Urban Schools, Suburban Schools