Can community music contribute to more equitable societies? A critical interpretive synthesis

BL Bartleet, E Heard - Social Justice Research, 2024 - Springer
This article presents outcomes from a critical interpretive synthesis inquiry exploring whether
community music can contribute to more equitable societies. Drawing on 74 cross …

The need for robust critique of arts and health research: the treatment of the Gene Cohen et al.(2006) paper on singing, wellbeing and health in subsequent evidence …

S Clift, K Grebosz-Haring, L Thun-Hohenstein… - Arts & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Background This paper considers weaknesses in a study by Cohen et al.(2006) on the
impacts of community singing on health. These include high demand characteristics, lack of …

Development of creative thinking via fractions and rhythm

L Azaryahu, O Broza, S Cohen, S Hershkovitz… - Thinking Skills and …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study we follow the progress of fourth graders'(N= 86) fractions knowledge and their
fraction-related creative thinking, while utilizing a multi-disciplinary approach that combines …

Bringing a 'What's the problem represented to be?'approach to music education: a national plan for music education 2022

C Bacchi - Music education research, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This article introduces an analytic strategy or thinking tool called the 'What's the Problem
Represented to be?'(WPR) approach and suggests its usefulness for reflecting on important …

Does learning to play an instrument have an impact on change in attainment from age 11 to 16?

D Baker, S Hallam, K Rogers - British Journal of Music Education, 2023 - cambridge.org
Much previous international research has demonstrated links between general school
attainment and active engagement with music. The research reported here compared the …

The social value of music during the COVID-19 pandemic: exploring the benefits of online music participation for social capital, education, belonging and wellbeing

S Krüger Bridge - Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This article presents the findings of The Digital Turn research project (2020–2021) that
sought to understand, via qualitative research, the social value of online music participation …

From traditional to transformational: the imperative of creativity, the arts and imagination in learning to be literate

JNR Saunders - Qualitative Research Journal, 2025 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this article is to summarise key literature related to the Foundation
for Learning and Literacy's Touchstone 4 (creativity, the arts and imagination) …

Characterizing musical vulnerability: Toward a typology of receptivity and susceptibility in the secondary music classroom

EH MacGregor - Research Studies in Music Education, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Although teachers and researchers frequently acknowledge that music education can
benefit pupils' academic achievement, health and well-being, and social development …

Interplay between music and mathematics in the eyes of the beholder: focusing on differing types of expertise

L Azaryahu, I Ariel, R Leikin - Humanities and Social Sciences …, 2024 - nature.com
This study explored the unique connections between music and mathematics as perceived
by four groups of experts: professional mathematicians and musicians, as well as teacher …

“The two voices,” or more? Music and gender from myth and conquests to the neurosciences

M Majno - Journal of Neuroscience Research, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Music is a unique phenomenon, constantly eliciting interest from a variety of viewpoints,
several of which intersect the universal trait of musicality with sex/gender studies and the …