Music Education Research

Peter Miksza is Professor of Music Education at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and an affiliate member of the Indiana University Cognitive Science Program. He serves as Editor of the Journal of Research in Music Education. Julia T. Shaw is Associate Professor of Music Education at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where she teaches courses in qualitative research, college music teaching, choral methods, and inclusive participatory music practices. Lauren Kapalka Richerme is Associate Professor of Music Education at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on philosophy, sociology, and instrumental methods. Phillip M. Hash is Professor of Music Education at Illinois State University. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Society for Research in Music Education, and currently serves as a reviewer for the Journal of Historical Research in Music Education and the Journal of Band Research. Donald A. Hodges served as Covington Distinguished Professor of Music Education and Director of the Music Research Institute (2003-2013) and is currently Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Preface

1. The Role of Research in Music Education
2. The Typical Components of Music Education Research
3. Conducting a Review of Related Literature
4. Historical Research
5. Philosophical Researchers' Aims and Processes
6. Conducting Philosophical Research: Additional Considerations
7. Characteristics of Qualitative Inquiry
8. Common Elements of Qualitative Research Reports
9. Qualitative Case Study Research
10. Additional Qualitative Approaches: Ethnography, Grounded Theory, Narrative, and Phenomenology
11. Quality and Rigor in Qualitative Research
12. Quantitative, Descriptive, and Correlational Research
13. Experimental Research
14. Designing Experimental Research
15. Measurement
16. Descriptive Statistics
17. Correlational Statistics
18. Determining Differences with Inferential Statistics
19. Action Research
20. Scholarly Writing: Practice, Patience, and Passion
21. Disseminating Research

Index