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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Performance Studies in Practice: An Investigation of Students' Approaches to Practice in a University Music Department
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Burwell, Kim; Shipton, Matthew – Music Education Research, 2011
In higher education music, individual practice remains a unique and solitary activity, perhaps the least accessible to the scrutiny of either teachers or researchers. This study reports on an investigation of the variety among student approaches to practice, with reference to year groups, age, instrumental groups and examination results. Data were…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Music, Drills (Practice), Social Isolation
On Musicians and Singers: An Investigation of Different Approaches Taken by Vocal and Instrumental Teachers in Higher Education
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Burwell, Kim – Music Education Research, 2006
How do singers approach teaching and learning in the context of performance studies in higher education? And how is their approach distinct from that taken by instrumentalists in the same context? This paper focuses largely on verbal dialogue recorded in 67 instrumental and vocal lessons, in the music department of a UK university. It examines the…
Descriptors: Musicians, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods