This Handbook summarizes the latest research on music learning consisting of new topics and updates the New Handbook of Music Teaching and Learning (Oxford, 2002). Chapters are written by expert researchers in music teaching and learning,
CONTENTS
Contributors
1 How Learning Theories Shape Our Understanding of Music Learners. Susan A. O'Neill and Yaroslav Senyshyn.
2 Construction of Music Learning. Peter R. Webster.
3 Roles of Direct Instruction, Critical Thinking, and Transfer in the Design of Curriculum for Music Learning. Richard Colwell.
4 Musical Development: Revisiting a Generic Theory. Keith Swanwick.
5 Biological and Environmental Factors in Music Cognition and Learning. Steven M. Demorest.
6 Motivation and Achievement. Lisa Linnenbrink-Garcia, Martin L. Maehr, and Paul R. Pintrich.
7 Motivation to Learn Music: A Discussion of Some Key Elements. Bret P. Smith.
Index