Learning from Young Children

Research in Early Childhood Music

Suzanne L. Burton

• Publisher: R&L Education
• Year: 2011
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781607093244
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

In early childhood, the most important period of learning and human development, young children often achieve developmental milestones in a short time. Learning from Young Children: Research in Early Childhood Music presents research on the importance of fostering musical growth during this period. These studies discuss:
·applying brain research to young children's musical growth
· music in the home and child-care contexts
· musical characteristics of the young child
· language acquisition as a lens on music learning
· music as a foundation for communication
· parental conceptions of the role of music in early childhood
· music as a pathway for building community
· using music to elicit vocalizations in children with special needs
With research designs ranging from statistical, mixed methods, survey, content analysis, and case study, to philosophical inquiry, this book will help practitioners base their practice in research and offers a wide range of information for scholars and researchers studying early childhood music learning and development.

Table of contents

• Acknowledgments
• Foreword
• Part I: Understanding Musical Characteristics
• Chapter 1: Applying Brain Research to Children’s Musical Experiences
• Chapter 2: Language Acquisition: A Lens on Music Learning
• Chapter 3: The Role of Musical 
Engagement in the Musicality 
of Three-Year-Old Children
• Part II: Creating Rich Learning Environments
• Chapter 4: Building Community to 
Elicit Responses in Early 
Childhood Music Classes
• Chapter 5: The Incorporation of Principles of the Reggio Emilia Approach in a North American Preschool Music Curriculum
• Chapter 6: The Importance of Parents in Early Childhood Music Program Evaluation
• Chapter 7: Elementary Music Teachers’ 
Role-Identities in and Perceptions 
of Teaching Prekindergarten 
Students with Special Needs
• Chapter 8: Preschool Children’s Uses 
of a Music Listening Center 
during Free-Choice Time
• Chapter 9: Tonal Patterns: Providing 
the Vocabulary for Comprehensive Vocal Improvisation
• Part III: Musical Parenting
• Chapter 10: Parents’ Documentation of Their Children’s Music-Related Behaviors
• Chapter 11: Music Play Zone: 
An Online Social Network Site Connecting Parents and Teacher in 
an Early Childhood Music Class
• Chapter 12: Twenty-First-Century Parenting, Electronic Media, and Early 
Childhood Music Education
• Part IV: Benefits of Early Music Instruction
• Chapter 13: The Effect of an Age-Appropriate Music Curriculum on Motor and Linguistic and Nonlinguistic Skills of Children Three to Five Years of Age
• Chapter 14: The Impact of a Music and Movement Program on School Readiness
• Chapter 15: The Role of Early Childhood Music Class Participation in the Development of Four Children with Speech and Language Delay
• Chapter 16: Examining Music Experiences with Anthony, a Child Who Has Autism
• About the Editors
• About the Authors