This qualitative study explores key strengths and areas for improvement in arts education
within early childhood teacher training programs. For this purpose, twenty-five interviews …

Pre-service non-music major teachers deem music and music teaching essential, but they
do not perceive themselves to be competent in this field due to various reasons. This …

This timely book takes up the challenge of maintaining programs in the arts in the face of
unrelenting pressure from two directions; the increasing focus on literacy and numeracy in …

Purpose: The present study aims to develop a valid and reliable scale that measures attitude
towards using technology in music education and to investigate pre-school and primary …

This case study focuses on generalist primary (elementary) school teachers teaching music
in an Australian school. With the onus for teaching music moving away from the specialist …

In primary schools across many countries, dance is now included within the arts key learning
area with its own outcomes and content. But as future teachers of dance and other art forms …

The arts as a pedagogic medium can be an important tool for language learning, and yet
many teachers avoid it, often because of a lack of confidence. The main purpose of this …

In recent years, arts partnerships have gained increased popularity as a means of delivering
arts education and art-in-education in schools. Creating opportunities for both teachers and …

This study presents knowledge about how generalist student teachers are being prepared to
teach music in Norwegian primary and lower secondary schools, by investigating the music …

The intrinsic and extrinsic benefits of music education incorporate academic, social,
emotional, and behavioral spheres. To deny students access to music education essentially …