Search for dissertations about: "music education"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 51 swedish dissertations containing the words music education.
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1. What is music education? : discursive construction and legitimisation of theory and practice in a Swedish upper secondary school
Abstract : The overall purpose of this thesis is to describe and discuss the discursive constructions and legitimisations of Music and Music theory in Swedish upper secondary school context. Thereby, this thesis is part of the construction and debate concerning theory vs practice in Music education. READ MORE
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2. Music from the Backyard : Hagström's Music Education
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3. The Printed Score as a Mediator of Musical Meaning Approaches to Music Notation in Western tonal music
Abstract : Abstract Centering on notation is a characteristic of Western tonal music. The printed scores are expected to provide the necessary information on musical expression. In this study, strategically selected contemporary musicians’ ways of under-standing the printed scores are investigated. READ MORE
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4. Music Education and Democratisation : Policy processes and discourses of inclusion of all children in Sweden's Art and Music Schools
Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to critically investigate the discourses of Sweden’s Art and Music Schools (SAMS, kulturskolor in Swedish) connected to policy processes for the democratisation of music education for all children and adolescents. A further aim is to contribute to knowledge on the development and enactment of policy processes for the democratisation of music education. READ MORE
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5. Dialogue Lost? Teaching Musical Interpretation of Western Classical Music in Higher Education
Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to contribute to a better understanding of musical interpretation in teaching and learning Western classical music from both a teacher’s and student’s perspective within the context of piano main instrument teaching in higher music education in Sweden. The following research questions were formulated to fulfil this aim: first, how do teachers and students understand musical interpretation as educational content?; second, how do teachers and students understand teaching and learning of musical interpretation?; third and finally, how could verbal and musical dialogues be used for improving teaching and learning of musical interpretation?The thesis employs an overarching hermeneutical framework and consists of three movements. READ MORE