Authored by leading experts in the field of music and early childhood
Organised into key inter-disciplinary themes, including commentaries
Written in order to be accessible to all those involved in early childhood, including policy, practice and care
The Oxford Handbook of Early Childhood Learning and Development in Music brings together leading researchers in infant and early childhood cognition, music education, music therapy, neuroscience, cultural and developmental psychology, and music sociology to interrogate questions of how our capacity for music develops from birth, and its contributions to learning and development.
Contents
Handbook Preface and Introduction (Margaret S. Barrett & Graham F. Welch)
Section 1. Mapping the landscapes of music early learning and development
1. Digital landscapes of early childhood music learning and development: Music media and children's music culture of the past in the present (Ingeborg Lunde Vestad)
2. Media messages surrounding parents and music (Lisa Koops)
4. Musical parenting in a digital age: Affordances and constraints in pandemic times (Vicky Abad, Helen Shoemark, & Margaret S. Barrett)
5. Windows on children's perspectives on music in their lives: Visual research methods in music education (Katie Zhukov & Margaret S. Barrett)
6. The intangible heritage of children's musical cultures: From child's play to culture-making (Margaret S. Barrett)
7. Researching music early learning and development: Mapping methods and techniques, locations, problems and theories (Margaret S. Barrett, Vicky Abad & Graham F. Welch)
8. Researching children's music-centred cultural poetics: Widening horizons, performing critiques. (Panagiotis A. Kannellopoulos)
17. Adult recollections of early childhood musical experiences: Seeking meaning in memories of / with family. (Lori Custodero).
18. Building a profile of Australian parents' musical beliefs, values, and practices. (Vicky Abad, Mary C. Broughton, Margaret S. Barrett & Graham F. Welch).
19. Voices of influence: Shared music in the lives of toddlers as expressed through their pre-sleep vocalizations. (Meryl Sole).
20. A toddler's musical interactions at home on the Kibbutz: Four theoretical lenses. (Claudia Gluschankof)
21. Parental involvement in a Greek early childhood music program. (Lelouda Stamou, Vicky Abad, & Rafaella Troulou)
22. Music in early education and care settings for communication and language support. (Jessica Pitt & Graham F. Welch).
23. Singing and musical traditions in Icelandic and Estonian childhoods. (Helga Gudmundsdottir & Kristi Kiilu).
24. Maracatu de Baque Virado: Children's communities of music practice. (Juliana Cantarelli-Vita).
25. Early childhood and musics of the diaspora (Yen-Ting Wu & Graham F. Welch).
27. Early childhood and music in Indigenous contexts: Community approaches to teaching and learning. (Sally Treloyn, Andrea Emberley, Rona Goonginda Charles, & Leah Umbagai).
28. Elton's back: Parenting and children's musical participation in the aftermath of a pandemic (Beatriz Ilari)
Section 4. Music with young children in sites of transition, trauma, and conflict
29. Introduction (Kathryn Marsh & Libby Flynn)
30. The role of music in emotion regulation for children who have experienced abuse and neglect (Kate Teggelove)
31. Music and early childhood in asylum seeker centres: insights from Ireland and Germany (Ailbhe Kenny)
32. The musical activities of Syrian refugee children in Sweden (Carrie Danielson)
33. War and conflict in re-settlement contexts: Music in children's everyday lives (Samantha Sebastian Dieckmann & Kathryn Marsh)
34. Connection through music for mothers and young children in prison (Ines Lamela & Kirsten Anderson)
35. Development of well-being and self-esteem through Music for Reconciliation, a music programme for children and youngsters living in severe social disadvantage in Colombia (Maria Claudia Parias Duran & Andrea del Pilar Rodriguez-Sanchez)
36. Creating sustainable music programs with vulnerable populations in community settings (Lucy Bolger & Somesh Purey)
37. Section Commentary (Katrina Skewes McFerran)
Section 5.1. Music and musicians in children's hospitals
38. Section introduction (Costanza Preti & Helen Shoemark)
39. Music in children's hospitals: A cultural action to support health (Costanza Preti & Philippe Bouteloup)
40. Live bedside music-making with children in hospital (Rosalind Hawley & Joan Livesley)
41. Live music in a children's hospital: A duoethnography to consider the potential for all (Helen Shoemark & Costanza Preti)
Section 5.2. Music to address social and medical risk in childhood
42. Section Introduction: Music to address social and medical risk in childhood (Helen Shoemark & Vicky Abad)
43. Familiar music, comfort and pain in the NICU (Pernilla Hugoson & Louise Eulau)
44. Voice as the platform for intimate moments in the NICU (Helen Shoemark)
45. Music therapy for young children with attachment challenge (Stine Lindahl Jacobsen & Rachel Swanick)
46. Resilience-based music partnerships for children with chronic health issues. (Lori Gooding & Dawn Iwamasa)
47. Music therapy in paediatric neurorehabilitation (Jonathon Pool & Claire Wood)
48. Music with children at the end of life (Kirsten O'Grady, & Kelli McKee)
49. Music, mess, meta-modernism, and post-qualitative inquiry (Raymond MacDonald)
Section 6. Musical development and neurodiversity
50. Introduction (Graham F. Welch & Adam Ockelford)
51. The role of natural abilities in early childhood music development (Solange Glasser & Gary E. McPherson)
52. The impact of visual impairment on early musical development (Angela Voyajolu, Rosie Axon & Adam Ockelford)
53. Accomodating neurodiversity in early childhood music learning and development (Mara Chasar & Michael B. Bakan)
54. Music education and engagement for young children with hearing loss (Eloise Doherty, Wayne Wilson & Margaret S. Barrett)
55. Supporting children living with neurodiversity: An analysis of access and engagement in a community-based Music Early Learning Program (Vicky Abad, Graham F. Welch & Margaret S. Barrett)
56. Exploring the effectiveness of a musical intervention for socially and economically disadvantaged children in the early years and for those with complex needs: The IMAGINE research project phase 1 (Adam Ockelford)
57. Unfurling the musicality of children with autism (Bombay Jayashri Ramnath)
58. Autism and Family-Centred Approaches In and Through Music (Grace Thompson, Tania Lisboa & Adam Ockelford)
59. Concluding commentary on special musical abilities and needs (Adam Ockelford & Graham F. Welch)
Section 7. Future Perspectives
60. Future Perspectives (Graham F. Welch & Margaret S. Barrett)