LibGuides: Music Education: Start Here!

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Music Education by Clint Randles (Editor)
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781138022584
Publication Date: 2014-10-10
This book features studies on the future of music education from emerging scholars in the field. These studies are then supplemented by commentaries from established leaders of the music education community. Music Education covers topics such as music and leisure, new forms of media in music teaching and learning, the role of technology in music learning, popular music tuition in the expansion of curricular offering, and assessment of music education research. As such, it is an excellent reference for scholars and teachers as well as guide to the future of the discipline.
Music Education by Michael L. Mark (Editor)
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780415506885
Publication Date: 2013-02-05
The fourth edition has been expanded to address the significant societal changes that have occurred since the publication of the last edition, with a greater focus on current readings in government, philosophy, psychology, curriculum, sociology, and advocacy. This comprehensive text remains an essential reference for music educators today, demonstrating the value and support of their profession in the societies in which they live.
Music, Technology, and Education by Andrew King (Editor); Evangelos Himonides (Editor)
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781472426208
Publication Date: 2016-06-28
This volume draws together critical perspectives in three overarching areas in which technology is used to support music education: music production; game technology; musical creation, experience and understanding.

Music Education Databases

ERIC This link opens in a new window
Provides access to education literature and resources. The database provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index.
Academic OneFile Select This link opens in a new window
A premier database for research in all the academic disciplines, it offers balanced coverage of every academic concentration -- from advertising and microbiology to history and women's studies.
Diversity Studies Collection This link opens in a new window
For social science, history and liberal arts coursework, this collection explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in our global community. This set includes more than 150 journals.
Grove Music: Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new window
Includes the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, and Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Features more than 67,000 articles on people and places; instruments and techniques; and genres and styles, including non-western and folk music. Periods covered range from ancient times to the present.
Education Research Complete This link opens in a new window
Online resource for education research. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 3,000 journals back to 1881, as well as full text for more than 2,000 journals back to 1936, and includes full text for numerous education-related conference papers and more than 500 books and monographs back to 1972.