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Exploring the potential of music education to facilitate children’s cross-community activities in Northern Ireland.
(2009)
Contents: (a) Introduction: the context of the enquiry. (b) Methodology. (c) Examples of questions. (d) Results: stereotypes & alienation, socio-economic factors, project advice, music education potential. (e) Concluding ...
Early music education as a tool for inclusion and respect for diversity : study paper for the Bernard van Leer Foundation.
(University of Brighton and Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2009)
This paper explores the topic of using music education activities as a way to address inclusion and respect for diversity with children. It is intended to inform the development of appropriate activities and indicators for ...
A generative model of teachers' thinking on musical creativity.
(2009)
This paper draws on and extends a four-year investigation of creativity in music education with particular reference to the perceptions of six secondary school teachers (Odena, Plummeridge and Welch, 2005; Odena and Welch, ...
A randomised controlled trial evaluation of business in the community's Time to Read pupil mentoring programme.
(Centre for Effective Education, School of Education, Queen's University Belfast, 2009)
This report presents the findings of an independent evaluation undertaken by the Centre for Effective Education at Queen’s University Belfast of Business in the Community’s Time to Read mentoring programme. The evaluation ...
Putting pupils at the heart of assessment. Children’s rights in practice.
(2008)
This poster presents the outcomes of the TLRP project Consulting Pupils on the Assessment of their Learning. This project examined pupils’ participation in their own assessment from a children’s rights perspective. It ...
Consulting pupils on the assessment of their learning
(Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Teaching and Learning Research Programme (TLRP), 2008)
This project examined pupils’ participation in their own assessment from a children’s rights perspective, based on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. It demonstrated that when genuine opportunities ...
The influence of teachers’ backgrounds on their perceptions of musical creativity : a qualitative study with secondary school music teachers.
(2007-06)
This paper examines the relationship between six secondary school teachers’ backgrounds and their perceptions of musical creativity. A unit of work involving composition and improvisation activities with pupils aged 11-14 ...
Using specialist software for qualitative data analysis
(Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI), 2007)
This paper is divided in four parts. The first part provides some background information on the analysis of non-numerical data, specifically the content analysis of text, including approaches such as 'grounded theory' and ...
Creativitat musical a secundària. Un estudi del pensament del professorat sobre activitats de composició i improvisació a l'educació secundària anglesa (article in Catalan)
(2006)
This paper presents the results of a study about creativity in music education, with special reference being made to the ideas of a group of secondary school music teachers in England. The author describes the reasons ...
Developing a framework for the study of teachers’ views of creativity in music education.
(2001)
In this paper past and present controversies surrounding the meaning of the term ‘creativity’ are outlined and different approaches taken by previous studies on creativity are reviewed. In relation to this I suggest a ...