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What Is on Offer within Norwegian Extracurricular Schools of Music and Performing Arts? Findings from a National Survey
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Jordhus-Lier, Anne; Nielsen, Siw Graabraek; Karlsen, Sidsel – Music Education Research, 2021
This article presents the results of a survey among rectors of schools of music and performing arts in Norway. The aim was to map the schools' offerings in terms of musical genres and related instruments and ensembles, and to determine how the availability of different genres was distributed demographically and geographically. A questionnaire…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Education, Extracurricular Activities, Theater Arts
Negotiating Versatility and Specialisation: On Music Teachers' Identification with Subject Positions in Norwegian Municipal Schools of Music and Performing Arts
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Jordhus-Lier, Anne – International Journal of Music Education, 2021
The Norwegian municipal school of music and performing arts has diverse tasks it must manage; the school not only intends to offer its students opportunities to specialise, but it also aims to facilitate social inclusion and be a school 'for everyone'. Handling these two seemingly opposing tasks requires a great deal from its staff. This article…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Teachers, Music Education, Inclusion
Music Education through the Lens of ITERS-R: Discussing Results from 206 Toddler Day Care Groups
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Vist, Torill; Os, Ellen – Research Studies in Music Education, 2020
This article presents results from a large-scale Norwegian study that examines the quality of early childhood education and care, using the research tool ITERS-R. Although ITERS-R consists of 39 items, this article focuses solely on results within music education in Item 18. Music and movement. According to ITERS-R, results from 206 toddler day…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Education, Toddlers, Child Care
Children's Subject Positions in Discourses of Music in Everyday Life: Rethinking Conceptions of the Child in and for Music Education
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Vestad, Ingeborg Lunde – Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 2014
In this article I discuss children's everyday uses of recorded music (such as CDs, Mp3-files) in the light of sociological notions of "children" and "childhood". The discussion provides perspectives on musical engagement and musicality that supplement perspectives within developmental psychology. The study is based on…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music Activities, Young Children, Interviews