Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Alter, F., Hays, T., & O'Hara, R. (2009). The challenges of implementing primary arts
education: What our teachers say. Australasian Journal Of Early Childhood, 34(4), 22-30.
Atterbury, B., & Richardson, C. (1995). The experience of teaching general music. New
York: McGraw-Hill.
Cornett, C. (2015). Creating meaning through literature and the arts : An integration
resource for classroom teachers (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Merrill/Prentice-Hall.
Cutietta, R. (2007). Content for music teacher education in this century. Arts Education
Department of Education of Ireland (n.d.). A guide to the Irish education system. Retrieved
from https://www.education.ie/en/Parents/Information/A-Guide-to-the-Irish-Education-
System.pdf
https://www.education.ie/en/Circulars-and-Forms/Active-Circulars/cl0056_2011.pdf
Eisner, E. (2002). The arts and the creation of mind. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Faherty, V. (2010). Wordcraft: Applied Qualitative Data Analysis (QDA): Tools for Public
Flohr, J. W. (2010). Best practices for young children's music education: Guidance from brain
Give A Note Foundation (2017). The status of music education in United States public
https://www.giveanote.org/content/uploads/2017/09/The-Status-of-Music-Education-in-
US-Public-Schools-2017_reduced.pdf
Hancock, D., & Algozzine, R. (2016). Doing case study research : A practical guide for
Hendricks, C. (2017). Improving schools through action research (4th ed.). Upper Saddle
Irish National Teachers’ Organisation. (2009). Creativity and the arts in the primary school.
EducationConsultativeConference/EducationConference2009/20091103_
ArtDiscussionDocument_Final.pdf .
Jellison, J. (2004). It's about time. Journal of Research in Music Education, 52(3), 191-205.
Jorgensen, E. R. (2010). School music education and change. Music Educators Journal,
Kenny, A., Finneran, M., & Mitchell, E. (2015). Becoming an educator in and through the
arts: Forming and informing emerging teachers' professional identity. Teaching & Teacher
Leland, C., Ociepka, A. and Kuonen, K. (2012), Reading from different interpretive stances:
https://www.npr.org/2011/06/01/136859090/the-power-of-music-to-affect-the-brain
Marsh, K. (2012). Commentary: Music Learning and Teaching During Childhood: Ages 5–
12. In The Oxford Handbook of Music Education, Volume 1. Oxford University Press.
http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199730810.001.0001/oxfo
rdhb-9780199730810-e-19.
Merriam, S., & Tisdell, E. (2016). Qualitative research: A guide to design and
Mills, J. (2009). Music in the primary school (3rd ed.). Oxford; New York: Oxford University
Press.
Moore, G. (2014, April 9) MIC Ed Talks - Gwen Moore - We are all musical. [YouTube
v=xjaacwEGSBM
National Center for Education Statistics. (2012). Arts education in public elementary and
https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2012/2012014rev.pdf
National Coalition for Core Arts Standards. (2016). National core arts standards: A
http://www.nationalartsstandards.org/sites/default/files/Conceptual%20Framework%2007-
21-16.pdf
National Council for Curriculum and Assessment in Ireland. (1999). Primary Irish music
464e-9d3e-002ab7e47140/PSEC04c_Music_Curriculum.pdf
National Council for Curriculum and Assessment in Ireland. (1999). Primary music teacher
4043-86e1-552b135b68dc/PSEC04c_Music_Guidelines.pdf
Odegaard, D. (2016). Music education is key to success in school and life. Music Educators
Ornstein, A.C., Pajak, E.F., Ornstein, S.B. (2011). Contemporary Issues in Curriculum (5th
Pennsylvania Department of Education. (2002). Academic standards for the arts and
http://www.stateboard.education.pa.gov/Documents/Regulations%20and
%20Statements/State%20Academic%20Standards/pdfarts.pdf
teaching music in primary schools in five countries. Music Education Research, 11(1), 23-
36.
Ryan, J. (2001). Music in the Primary School: A submission on music education to the
http://journalofmusic.com/focus/music-primary-school
Sacks, O. (2007). Musicophilia: Tales of music and the brain. Alfred A. Knopf: New York.
Semuels, A. (2016, August 25). Good school, rich school; bad school, poor school: The
inequality at the heart of America’s education system. The Atlantic. Retrieved from
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/08/property-taxes-and-unequal-
schools/497333/
Siebenaler, D. (2006). Training teachers with little or no music background: Too little, too
http://www.teachingcouncil.ie/en/Publications/Teacher-Education/Initial-Teacher-
Education-Criteria-and-Guidelines-for-Programme-Providers.pdf
Tuckman, B., & Harper, B. (2012). Conducting educational research. Lanham: Rowman &
Littlefield.
United States Department of Education. (2004). A guide to education and no child left
United States Department of Education. (2005). 10 facts about k-12 education funding.
Vitale, John Luke. (2011). Music makes you smarter: A new paradigm for music education?
Zeichner, K., Nierman, G., & Hobbel, N. (2002). Changing concepts of teacher education. In
The New Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning. Oxford University
Press. Pp.818-839.