Inquiry in Music Education Methods for the Beginning Researcher

Name: Inquiry in Music Education Methods for the Beginning Researcher
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ISBN: 9780415896405

ISBN-10: 0415896401

ISBN-13: 9780415896405

Edition: 2013

Authors: Hildegard Froehlich, Carol Frierson-Campbell

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Inquiry in Music Education: Methods for the Beginning Researcheris a textbook for introductory to advanced research courses in music education. This new edition covers the great variety of research approaches that have been adopted since its first publication in 1987, responding to the significant changes in music education research paradigms. This textbook speaks to that flexibility in methodological approaches but also maintains features that all graduate students are expected to become familiar with: information literacy, reading and evaluating research studies, and planning and conducting original studies within accepted guidelines of research communities in music, the other arts,…

Book details

List price: $39.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 9/26/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English




Chapters One through Four: Entering the World of Questioning



The Spiral and Modes of Inquiry: Options, Choices, and Initial Decisions



Finding and Mapping Sources of Information



Reading and Thinking in Conceptual Frames



Toward a Rationale and Research Plan: Writing a Contract with Yourself



Chapters Five through Thirteen: Methods in Modes of Inquiry



Approaches in the Philosophical Mode of Inquiry



Historical Inquiry: Getting Inside the Process



Purposes and Questions in Qualitative Research



Selected Procedures for Gathering, Analyzing, and Reflecting on Qualitative Data



Quantitative Research in Music Education: Letting Numbers Speak



Understanding Descriptive Statistics



Interpreting Correlations



Designing Ex Post Facto and Experimental Studies



Tools for Data Gathering: Basics of Content and Construction



"So What?" Interpreting and Sharing your Findings