Menc Handbook of Research Methodologies

With thorough coverage of the most important research schemata, this book represents the most comprehensive material on research in music education that has ever been published. The top researchers in the fields present an up-to-date and exhaustive guide to music education research that belongs on the shelves of every student and instructor in music education.

Richard Colwell is Professor Emeritus of Music Education at the University of Illinois and Adjunct Professor of Music Education at the University of Michigan. He is the founding editor of the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education and the Quarterly Journal of Music Teaching and Learning.

- 1: Bennett Reimer, Northwestern University: Toward a Philosophical Foundation for Music Education Research
- 2: Jack J. Heller, University of South Florida, Tampa, and Edward J. P. O'Connor, University of Connecticut: Maintaining Quality in Research and Reporting
- 3: Gordon Cox, University of Reading: Transforming Research in Music Education History
- 4: Edward P. Asmus, University of Miami, and Rudolf E. Radocy, University of Kansas: Quantitative Analysis
- 5: Estelle Jorgensen, Indiana University, Bloomington: On Philosophical Method
- 6: Richard Colwell, University of Illinois: Assessment's Potential in Music Education
- 7: Liora Bresler and Robert E. Stake, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign: Qualitative Research Methodology in Music Education
- 8: David J. Flinders, Indiana University, Bloomington, and Carol P. Richardson, University of Michigan: Contemporary Issues in Qualitative Research and Music Education
- 9: Lee R. Bartel, University of Toronto: Trends in Data Acquisition and Knowledge Development