A cross-cultural study of the music play practices of children in school playgrounds. This study seeks to observe, collect and analyse children's musical play in school playgrounds in a range of social, cultural and national contexts in order to determine the characteristics of music, movement and language; teaching and learning processes; degree of cross-cultural transmission; factors affecting language use; and effects of audiovisual media on games. This research will challenge misconceptions ....A cross-cultural study of the music play practices of children in school playgrounds. This study seeks to observe, collect and analyse children's musical play in school playgrounds in a range of social, cultural and national contexts in order to determine the characteristics of music, movement and language; teaching and learning processes; degree of cross-cultural transmission; factors affecting language use; and effects of audiovisual media on games. This research will challenge misconceptions regarding children's musical play on which which major international music education pedagogies (Kodaly and Orff) are based and will inform current music education practices relating to learning processes and music repertoire.Read moreRead less
Redefining conceptions of child and adolescent emotional responses to music using time-series analysis. The National Review of Music Education recognizes the need to understand more fully how musical experiences impact on children's emotional and general development. Australian researchers are leaders in the field of continuous response to emotion in music. Our international leadership on this critically important issue will result in new ways of understanding music and teaching music to childre ....Redefining conceptions of child and adolescent emotional responses to music using time-series analysis. The National Review of Music Education recognizes the need to understand more fully how musical experiences impact on children's emotional and general development. Australian researchers are leaders in the field of continuous response to emotion in music. Our international leadership on this critically important issue will result in new ways of understanding music and teaching music to children through to adults because our explanations of affective aspects of music will be framed within a scientific perspective which moves beyond learning the purely technical and subjective aspects of music appreciation.Read moreRead less