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Technology Use in Instrumental Practicing: A Mixed Methods Study of Middle School Band Students
(2022-04-11)
Deliberate, thoughtful, and structured practice is critical to developing proper skills on an instrument (Barry & McArthur, 1994; Byo & Cassidy, 2008; Duke et al., 2009; Hallam, 2001a; Lehmann & Ericsson, 1996; Miksza, ...
Teacher Perception of the Three-Component Model of Agriculture Education by Georgia’s Agriculture Education Teachers
(2022-05-02)
The purpose of this study was to describe teacher perceptions of the three-component model of agriculture education. The participants in this study were agriculture education teachers in Georgia. This study used a ...
Factors Contributing to Job Satisfaction of Business Education Teachers
(2022-04-29)
This study was designed to identify the factors contributing to job satisfaction of business education teachers relating to school administration, colleagues, parents, and students and to determine if there was a relationship ...
Singing for Peace: A Biographic-Narrative Study of Mary Cay Brass and Her Choir and Peacebuilding Work with the Vocal Music of the Former Yugoslav Countries
(2022-05-02)
The purpose of this biographic-narrative study was to examine the musical stories and lived experiences of Mary Cay Brass and her work with choral singing and peacebuilding within her choir programs in the United States ...
Skills Sequencing in Music Literacy Instruction: A National Survey of the Pedagogy Practices of Secondary Choral Directors
(2022-04-29)
The importance of sound before symbol (or sight) theories has been taught to educators for hundreds of years (Hicks, 1980; Jacobi, 2012; West, 2016). While the general consensus in choral music education is that choral ...
Intersecting Social Justice and the Secondary Choral Classroom: A Phenomenological Study of Social Justice Teacher Perspectives
(2022-05-06)
The American public-school student population has changed, yet school music remains much as it was at the turn of the twentieth century. The reality of today’s profound absence of students of color, equity gaps, and lack ...
A High Achieving Middle School Band at a High Poverty School in Georgia: A Case Study
(2022-07-19)
This case study examined the pedagogical and organizational practices of successful middle school band directors teaching at a high-poverty school in Georgia through the lens of Self-determination theory. Inequity within ...
Teaching Diverse Content, Musical Genres/Styles: A Survey of Secondary-Level Choral Directors’ Preparation, Training, Comfort, and Programming Practices
(2022-07-27)
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Changing U.S. demographics and the multitude of cultures makes it imperative that young educators prepare to meet all students’ learning needs. Seeking knowledge about students’ cultures is vital for their success ...
Using Design Based Research to Influence How Middle School Students Visualize Local Communities and Sense Belonging to Local Communities
(2022-11-08)
Many social studies teachers seek to serve democracy by empowering students to become transformative citizens (Banks, 2017). This goal requires teachers to meet students in their development and growth. Middle school ...
The Impact of Agriculture Education on Middle Grades Student’s Science Performance
(2022-11-07)
This study aimed to describe the impact by measuring the students’ knowledge of course
standards of agriculture education and science on middle school, grades 6-to-8 students’
performance in their academic science ...