Guide to Research in Music Education

Roger P. Phelps is Professor Emeritus of Music and Music Education at New York University. He was a primary contributor in the previously published A Guide to Research in Music Education, 4th Edition.Ronald H. Sadoff is Assistant Professor of Music at New York University. Edward C. Warburton is an Assistant Professor of Dance Education at University of California, Santa Cruz. Lawrence Ferrara is Professor and Chair at the Department of Music and Performing Arts at New York University. He was a primary contributor in the previously published A Guide to Research in Music Education, 4th Edition.

...the introductory chapters in particular, with their bullet-pointed lists summarizing points for 'Review, discussion, and implementation,' provide some food for thought for UK research students in music education...Students who intend to make use, in their research, of 'Measurement, statistical principles, and models to verify the phenomenon being studied' will no doubt find much of use here.

• Chapter 1 List of FiguresChapter 2 PrefaceChapter 3 AcknowledgmentsChapter 4 1. Selecting a Research ProblemChapter 5 2. The Research ProcessChapter 6 3. Qualitative Research: Concepts and TechniquesChapter 7 4. Philosophical Inquiry: Concepts and TechniquesChapter 8 5. Nonexperimental Research: Concepts and TechniquesChapter 9 6. Quantitative Research: Experimental Methods and Statistical TechniquesChapter 10 7. Historical Research: Concepts and TechniquesChapter 11 8. Technology and Music Education ResearchChapter 12 IndexChapter 13 About the Authors