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Ruokonen, Inkeri; Tervaniemi, Mari; Reunamo, Jyrki – Music Education Research, 2021
The present study investigated the role of music education in early childhood education and care (ECEC) in relation to the daily activities of children ages one to three, i.e. "toddlers" (N = 918) in Finnish ECEC units (N = 327). A total of 23,142 random observations were conducted. The observations focused on children's involvement,…
Descriptors: Music Education, Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Infants
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Flores, Kim; van Niekerk, Caroline; le Roux, Liana – Music Education Research, 2016
This study explores the potential of drumming to enhance emotional and social functioning of children in residential care. Fifteen children (aged 7-12) from a child and youth care centre in South Africa attended four months of weekly drumming sessions. Gestalt theory principles informed the workshops' theoretical foundation and interpretation of…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Social Development, Emotional Development, Workshops
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Cho, Eun – Music Education Research, 2015
A recent study of Korean middle-class mothers' perceptions and parenting practices associated with children's participation in musical activities reported unique forms of musical parenting, which closely correspond with previous studies of concerted cultivation in Western middle-class families. Are these unique patterns exclusive to middle-class…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mothers, Parent Attitudes, Extracurricular Activities