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Publication Date: 1996
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To Have and Have Not: Critical Distance and Emotional Proximity in Music Education Evaluation with a Critique of "Connoisseurship."
Kushner, Saville
Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, n130 p52-64 Fall 1996
Examines fundamental conceptions regarding the role and nature of evaluating and researching music education programs. Questions the common idea that evaluative criteria for programs should focus primarily on the students' level of musical skill. Argues that consideration should be given to personal growth and other issues. (MJP)
Descriptors: Criticism, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Educational Practices, Educational Principles, Educational Research, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Research, Evaluative Thinking, Evaluators, Higher Education, Music Education, Program Evaluation, Qualitative Research, Research Design, Research Methodology, Value Judgment
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Note: This journal issue consists of selected papers from the, "Qualitative Methodologies in Music Education Research Conference II," held at the School of Music, University of Illinois (Urbana, IL, May 16-18, 1996).
