Cover -- Contents -- Contributors -- Reviewers -- Part I: Policy and Philosophy -- Introduction -- 1 Policy Frameworks, Research, and K-12 Schooling -- 2 MENC: A Case in Point -- 3 Recent Trends and Issues in Policy Making -- 4 Law Research and Music Education -- 5 Philosophical Issues in Curriculum -- 6 Educating Musically -- 7 Philosophical Perspectives on Research -- Part II: Educational Context and the Curriculum -- Introduction: Toward an Understanding of the "Aims" of Music Education -- 8 Contemporary Curriculum Practices and Their Theoretical Bases -- 9 Theory, Research, and the Improvement of Music Education -- 10 Critical Thinking -- 11 Improvisation -- 12 Improvisation and Curriculum Reform -- 13 Adult Education -- 14 Music and Early Childhood Education -- 15 Systematic Research in Studio Instruction in Music -- 16 Distance Learning and Collaboration in Music Education -- Part III: Musical Development and Learning -- Introduction: Looking Multiple Ways in Research -- 17 Learning Theories as Roots of Current Musical Practice and Research -- 18 Systematic Instruction -- 19 Behavioral Research on Direct Music Instruction -- 20 Self-Regulation of Musical Learning: A Social Cognitive Perspective -- 21 Motivation and Achievement -- 22 Developmental Characteristics of Music Learners -- 23 Creativity Research in Music, Visual Art, Theater, and Dance -- 24 Computer-Based Technology and Music Teaching and Learning -- Part IV: Musical Cognition and Development -- Introduction: Music Perception and Cognition -- 25 The Neurobiology of Music Cognition and Learning -- 26 Cognitive Constraints on Music Listening -- 27 The Development of Musical Abilities -- 28 A Comparative Review of Human Ability Theory: Context, Structure, and Development -- 29 Making Music and Making Sense Through Music: Expressive Performance and Communication.

30 Taking an Acquired Skills Perspective on Music Performance -- Part V: Social and Cultural Contexts -- Introduction: Social and Cultural Contexts of Music Teaching and Learning -- 31 The Sociology of Education and Connections to Music Education Research -- 32 Perspectives from the Sociology of Music -- 33 Social Psychology and Music Education -- 34 Music, Culture, Curriculum, and Instruction -- 35 Feminism, Feminist Research, and Gender Research in Music Education: A Selective Review -- 36 The Social Construction of Music Teacher Identity in Undergraduate Music Education Majors -- 37 Transforming Research in Music Education History -- 38 Music Transmission and Learning: A Conspectus of Ethnographic Research in Ethnomusicology and Music Education -- 39 Community Music: Toward an International Overview -- Part VI: Music Teacher Education -- Introduction: Fuzzy Teacher Education -- 40 Reform-Minded Music Teachers: A More Comprehensive Image of Teaching for Music Teacher Education -- 41 Teaching as a Profession: Two Variations on a Theme -- 42 Changing Concepts of Teacher Education -- 43 Strengthening the Teaching of Music Educators in Higher Education -- 44 Research by Teachers on Teacher Education -- 45 Research in Music Student Teaching -- 46 Professional Development -- Part VII: Music Education Connections -- Introduction: The Growing Impact of Partnerships: A Reason for Research -- 47 Policy Issues in Connecting Music Education with Arts Education -- 48 The Evaluation of Arts Partnerships and Learning in and Through the Arts -- 49 The "Use and Abuse" of Arts Advocacy and Its Consequences for Music Education -- 50 Research in Visual Art Education: Implications for Music -- 51 A Review of Research in Theater, Dance, and Other Performing Arts Education: Implications for Music -- Part VIII: Neuroscience, Medicine, and Music -- Introduction.

52 Music and Neuroscience -- 53 Performing Arts Medicine -- 54 Musicians' Health -- Part IX: Outcomes in General Education -- Introduction -- 55 Nonmusical Outcomes of Music Education: Historical Considerations -- 56 Teaching Other Subjects Through Music -- 57 Research: A Foundation for Arts Education Advocacy -- Part X: Research Design, Criticism, and Assessment Music Education -- Introduction Scholarly Inquiry and the Research Process -- 58 Maintaining Quality in Research and Reporting -- 59 Trends in Data Acquisition and Knowledge Development -- 60 Assessment's Potential in Music Education -- 61 Contemporary Issues in Qualitative Research and Music Education -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.