Approaches to Qualitative Research: An Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research in American Music Education, Volume 1 (Oxford Handbooks)

"Music education researchers who are looking to understand the "dim secrets that startle our wonder" look to qualitative research. Approaches to Qualitative Research: An Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research in American Music Education is a resource for music education researchers, music education graduate students, and P-16 music teachers. I begin this Preface by locating qualitative research in music education within the larger field of qualitative research in social sciences and humanities research, within qualitative research in education, and within music education research in general"-- Provided by publisher In this newly updated collection, a diverse roster of scholars place qualitative research in music education into its historical context, while providing readers with epistemological foundations and theoretical frameworks that can be applied to a range of teaching and learning contexts. Ethnography, phenomenology, case study, narrative, and practitioner inquiry are explored, as well as the emergence of mixed methods research in music education, rounding out a comprehensive overview of these qualitative research practices. Filled with cogent and practical insights from wide-ranging theoretical discourses, Approaches to Qualitative Research is a go-to guidebook for beginning research students and advanced practitioners alike. Approaches to Qualitative Research is the first of three paperback volumes derived from the original Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research in American Music Education, which outlines the history of qualitative research in music education and explores the contemporary use of qualitative approaches in examining issues related to music teaching and learning. Cover Approaches to Qualitative Research Copyright Contents Preface List of Contributors 1. Qualitative Research in Music Education: Concepts, Goals, and Characteristics 2. History of Qualitative Research in American Music Education 3. Epistemology and Qualitative Research in Music Education 4. Paradigms and Theories: Framing Qualitative Research in Music Education 5. Case Study in Music Education 6. Doing Ethnography in Music Education 7. Phenomenological Research in Music Education 8. Narrative Inquiry and the Uses of Narrative in Music Education Research 9. Practitioner Inquiry 10. Mixed Methods Research in Music Education 11. Future Possibilities for Qualitative Research in Music Education Index