Description
Designed to be used as a primary text in introductory research methods courses, Music Education Research: An Introduction aims to orient even the most novice researchers toward basic concepts and methodologies. Offering sustained attention to historical, philosophical, qualitative, quantitative, and action research approaches, the book includes overviews of how to read, interpret, design, and implement research within each framework. Readers will also find advice for conducting a review of research literature, scholarly writing, and disseminating research. All in all, the book serves as an invitation to consider how conducting research can serve to satisfy curiosities while also contributing to our collective professional knowledge. Drawing from classroom-tested material and the authors' many collective years of experience as instructors of research method courses and mentors to music education graduate students, this book is a must-have resource for masters and doctoral students in search of a thorough and approachable overview of music education research.
Table of Contents
Preface1. The Role of Research in Music Education2. The Typical Components of Music Education Research3. Conducting a Review of Related Literature4. Historical Research5. Philosophical Researchers' Aims and Processes6. Conducting Philosophical Research: Additional Considerations7. Characteristics of Qualitative Inquiry8. Common Elements of Qualitative Research Reports9. Qualitative Case Study Research10. Additional Qualitative Approaches: Ethnography, Grounded Theory, Narrative, and Phenomenology11. Quality and Rigor in Qualitative Research12. Quantitative, Descriptive, and Correlational Research13. Experimental Research14. Designing Experimental Research15. Measurement16. Descriptive Statistics17. Correlational Statistics18. Determining Differences with Inferential Statistics19. Action Research20. Scholarly Writing: Practice, Patience, and Passion21. Disseminating ResearchIndex
