MENC Handbook of Research on Music Learning

Patricia Shehan Campbell, Donald E. Peterson Professor of Music, University of Washington For thinking musicians intrigued with the intricacies of human musical learning, and who may well be teaching music learners in any number of settings and situations, Oxford's Handbook on Music Learning provides plenty of engaging ideas and perspectives to know and reflect upon. The span of topics is vast, from learning theory to musical development, motivation, critical thinking, and insights on the acquisition of key skills that embrace music listening, music reading, singing, and very much more...This volume will find relevance in graduate seminars and advanced undergraduate courses, and will function as far more than mere reviews of literature but as means of launching further inquiry into the phenomenon of how music is learned by learners of every age from infancy onward.

Paul Lehman, Professor Emeritus, School of Music, University of Michigan, Past President, MENC: The National Association for Music Education Handbooks I and II provided an unparalleled overview of the research base of our profession. The MENC Handbook of Research on Music Learning complements them superbly. It seeks especially to help fill the gaps between theory, research, and practice. The good news is that it succeeds admirably. There is simply nothing comparable. The bad news? There isn't any!

Choice The essays offer valuable insights from researchers and practitioners on how people learn music and, thus, on how music is or should be taught. This work will be welcomed by scholars and practitioners of music education, who continually assess music teaching and strive to make it better...Recommended.

<br>Richard Colwell is Professor Emeritus of Music Education at the University of Illinois and the New England Conservatory of Music. He is the founding editor of the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education and the Quarterly Journal of Music Teaching and Learning. He is also a Guggenheim scholar and a member of MENC's Hall of Fame. He is co-editor of The New Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning, as well as editor of The MENC Handbook of Research Metholodolgoies and The MENC Handbook of Musical Cognition and Development.<br>Peter R. Webster is Professor of Music Education and Director of the Center for Music Technology at Northwestern University School of Music, and co-author (with David Brian Williams) of Experiencing Music Technology <br>

CONTRIBUTORS; 1. Contemporary Research on Music Listening: A Holistic View. Rob E. Dunn; 2. The Acquisition of Music Reading Skills. Donald A. Hodges and D. Brett Nolker; 3. Music, Movement, and Learning. Carlos R. Abril; 4. Self-Regulation of Musical Learning: A Social Cognitive Perspective on Developing Performance Skills. Gary E. McPherson and Barry J. Zimmerman; 5. Research on Elementary and Secondary School Singing. Kenneth H. Phillips and Sandra M. Doneski; 6. Music Learning in Special Education: Focus on Autism and Developmental Disabilities. Elise S. Sobol; 7. Music Learning in Early Childhood: A Review of Psychological, Educational, and Neuromusical Research. Wilfried Gruhn; INDEX