Exploring Research in Music Education and Music Therapy

Kenneth H. Phillips, Ph.D., is Professor of Music and Director of Graduate Studies in Music Education at Gordon College and Professor Emeritus of the University of Iowa. An award-winning researcher and teacher, he has been recognized by the National Association of Music Education (MENC) as one of the nation's most accomplished music educators. Dr. Phillips is the author of Teaching Kids to Sing (Schirmer Books/Thompson), Basic Techniques of Conducting (OUP), and Directing the Choral Music Program (OUP), and has written over 90 articles published in leading music education journals. He has made numerous presentations of his research throughout the United States, and in Canada, China, Australia, and New Zealand.

EACH CHAPTER ENDS WITH STUDY AND DISCUSSION QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES; PART ONE. RESEARCH BASICS; 1. RESEARCH IN MUSIC EDUCATION AND MUSIC THERAPY; 2. THE RESEARCH STUDY; 3. READING RESEARCH: A COMMENTARY; JUDITH A. JELLISON (2002). "ON-TASK PARTICIPATION OF TYPICAL STUDENTS CLOSE TO AND AWAY FROM CLASSMATES WITH DISABILITIES IN AN ELEMENTARY MUSIC CLASSROOM."; PART TWO. HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH; 4. HISTORICAL RESEARCH; MARTHA CHRISMAN RILEY (1990). "PORTRAIT OF A NINETEENTH-CENTURY SCHOOL MUSIC PROGRAM."; 5. PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH; ESTELLE JORGENSEN (2006). "REFLECTIONS ON FUTURES FOR MUSIC EDUCATION PHILOSOPHY."; PART THREE. QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; 6. PRINCIPLES OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; MANNY BRAND (2002). "AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY OF HONG KONG AND AMERICAN MUSIC EDUCATION STUDENTS."; 7. CRITICAL READING OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; JOHN W. SCHEIB (2003). "ROLE STRESS IN THE PROFESSIONAL LIFE OF THE SCHOOL MUSIC TEACHER: A COLLECTIVE CASE STUDY."; 8. REFLECTING ON QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; LOUIS SCHLEUTER (1994/1995). "QUALITATIVE STUDY OF DIALOGUE: A THOUGHT PROCESS."; BARBARA L. WHEELER (2002). "EXPERIENCES AND CONCERNS OF STUDENTS DURING MUSIC THERAPY PRACTICA."; PART FOUR. QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH; 9. PRINCIPLES OF QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH; 10. ANALYSIS OF THE DATA; 11. QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH: DESCRIPTIVE; KATE GFELLER, STEVEN K. HEDDEN, AND ALICE-ANN DARROW (1990). "PERCEIVED EFFECTIVENESS OF MAINSTREAMING IN IOWA AND KANSAS SCHOOLS."; CORNELIA YARBROUGH AND HARRY E. PRICE (1989). "SEQUENTIAL PATTERNS OF INSTRUCTION IN MUSIC."; 12. QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH: EXPERIMENTAL; KENNETH H. PHILLIPS AND STEVEN W. EMGE (1994). "VOCAL REGISTRATION AS IT AFFECTS VOCAL RANGE FOR SEVENTH- AND EIGHTH-GRADE BOYS."; KENNETH H. PHILLIPS (1985). "THE EFFECTS OF GROUP BREATH-CONTROL TRAINING ON THE SINGING ABILITY OF ELEMENTARY STUDENTS."; KARIN HARFST SEHMANN (2000). "THE EFFECTS OF BREATH MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTION ON THE PERFORMANCE OF ELEMENTARY BRASS PLAYERS."; 13. QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH: CLINICAL; REBECCA L. ENGEN (2005). "THE SINGER'S BREATH: IMPLICATIONS FOR TREATMENT OF PERSONS WITH EMPHYSEMA."; CHRIS TURNER, BRUCE GANTZ, MARY LOWDER, AND KATE GFELLER (2005). "BENEFITS SEEN IN ACOUSTIC HEARING + ELECTRIC SIMULATION IN SAME EAR."; 14. MIXED METHODS RESEARCH; CLIFFORD K. MADSEN AND STEVEN N. KELLY (2002). "FIRST REMEMBRANCES OF WANTING TO BECOME A MUSIC TEACHER."; LOIS SCHLEUTER (1991). "STUDENT TEACHERS' PREACTIVE AND POSTACTIVE CURRICULAR THINKING."; PART 5. RESEARCH AND THE CLASSROOM; 15. ACTION RESEARCH; COLLEEN M. CONWAY AND JAMES BORST (2001). "ACTION RESEARCH IN MUSIC EDUCATION."; 16. INTEGRATING RESEARCH AND TEACHING; URSULA CASANOVA (1989). "RESEARCH AND PRACTICE: WE CAN INTEGRATE THEM."; EPILOGUE