Studied the effects of two different music appreciation texts on the development of listening perception skills in college music appreciation classes, and how increasingly musical perception affects aesthetic judgment and attitude toward music. Results indicated that one method was more effective and that perception and judgement are interrelated.…

Children are naturally musical and should be musically educated. Music provides a unique way for children to grow intellectually, emotionally and socially. Music fulfills an inner drive to express feelings and experiences in a symbolic, abstract, creative, and acceptable manner which is positive and valued. Musical nurture should begin within the…

Color television and background music accompanying shows provide a child with basic knowledge of emotional response to art forms and symbols. In order to increase their aesthetic literacy, however, they should be exposed to more subtle artistic experiences. (JD)

Using Bob Dylan's three somewhat different versions of "It Ain't Me, Babe," the author investigates the variables of Dylan's performances and how they alter the meanings of his songs, and suggests that the more we know about popular song the more we will understand the songs we subsequently encounter. (KC)

Children have an innate ability to like and produce music, and elementary teachers have a responsibility for developing this aptitude. (MB)

The curriculum plan and educational theory behind two new art schools highlight a growing movement to provide educational environments for the cultivation of the aesthetic sense in children of cities and villages of the USSR. (CS)

If blacks are to be serious about rediscovering and redefining their heritage in the fine arts, they must develop an appropriate and exemplary literature for students, educators, and laymen alike. (Author/RJ)

In this essay, the author describes her view of the concept of the aesthetic in music education as "essentially contested" and subject to reinterpretation. She attempts to expand "traditional" notions of the aesthetic in music education beyond a view of the aesthetic transaction as "passive," focused on audience-listening for traditional…

Although the nature of the relationship of music on students' emotional development remains an issue for continued research, my overall purpose is to provide adults with research-based methods to help children become better consumers of hip-hop music. First, I identify research-based recommendations to prepare adults as facilitators of children's…

The primary function of music education is the development of a responsiveness to the artistic qualities of sound. The constituent elements fundamental to musical response are rhythm, melody, harmony, form, expression, and style. With the goal of developing a responsiveness consisting of musicality and affective growth, this guide has been…

Instead of the traditional emphasis on performance by a few, music programs should also include composition and appreciation and embody experiences in aesthetic education for the entire student body. These experiences could include musicianship and music history, literature, structure, organization, and performance. (JM)

Author explores the role of music in each person's life and investigates the question of whether music should be just another of the subjects taught at school, or should it be a strong, edifying influence in a child's upbringing. (Author/RK)

Presents a music curriculum which provides a music program for preschool through high school students that emphasizes comprehensive musicianship in all learning experiences. (Author/RK)

Noting that the use of behavioral objectives poses a particular problem for arts instruction, since it is difficult to formulate the aesthetic experience into identifiable behaviors, the author suggests that Polanyi's theory of tacit knowing may help explain how formal music study can influence the aesthetic experience of music. (Author/SJL)

Defines cultural literacy, relating it to verbal and musical literacy. Discusses how reading with comprehension compares to listening to music. Describes what musically literate people know, and the level of their knowledge. Maintains that to attain musical literacy one needs to know some cultural data but primarily one needs to listen to music.…