Previous studies demonstrate that private music training has benefits which may transfer to
other domains, including verbal memory, intelligence and self-esteem. The current paper …

Sound Links examines the dynamics of community music in Australia, and the models it
represents for music learning and teaching in formal and informal settings. While the project …

When teachers become more confident and competent in relation to singing, then they are
more likely to use singing and to use it successfully. Teachers are expected to gain such …

For students in Years 1–10 in Queensland, Australia, The Arts (hereafter referred to as 'arts')
is one of eight Key Learning Areas in the core curriculum. Yet, while arts–comprising five …

Low enrolment and high attrition rates are pressing issues facing school music in Australia.
Based on a sociocognitive perspective, the current study explored music teachers' …

This paper presents an analysis of music specific data generated in a national collective
case study of Australian children's perceptions of the meaning and value of the arts in their …

The cultural contexts of home, school and community all have important parts to play in the
music education of children, but at present in Australia, these three entities are insufficiently …

Despite strong philosophical arguments supporting the inclusion of music in all students'
education, declining student participation rates in school music activities during the middle …

Significant research has been conducted into the positive effects of arts education on social
and intellectual development of students across the ages of 10-15 years. Teacher …

This paper explores a number of issues related to music in primary schools and is the result
of thoughts on some of the outcomes of the National Review of Music in Schools. The focus …