The Influence of the "National Standards" on Research Trends in Music Education

• Autores: Nathan B. Kruse, Steve Oare, Michael Norman
• Localización: Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, ISSN 0010-9894, Nº 176, 2008, págs. 51-61
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The purpose of this research was to discover if there was a difference in the number of research articles exploring topics related to the National Standards for Music Education between the 10-year periods before and after the publication of the National Standards, and to determine which Standards have been studied the most. Empirically-based articles from three refereed journals published from 1986-1995 and 1996-2005 were analyzed for trends in publication frequency with regard to the percentage of studies pertaining to each National Standard by grade level. Results indicated that Standards #6 and #7 received an abundance of scholarly inquiry, while a disproportionately low number of studies focused on Standards #3, #4, #8, and #9. Additionally, Standards #1, #2 and #5 reflected little change in publication frequency. As a result, the Standards did not generate an increase in published research devoted to the types of learning described in the National Standards.