Chapter 1
The Spiral and Modes of Inquiry
Chapter 1 of Inquiry in Music Education describes how your research journey might begin:
• Generating possible research frames
• Considering modes of inquiry
• Focusing your concerns with the Teacher-Learner-Music model
• Getting started with reflective reading.
The chapter guides you to put concerns that originated in personal experience and casual observation into scholarly contexts. By considering a variety of perspectives, modes of inquiry and foci, you generate and imagine different frames for your research ideas. Employing both cursory and reflective reading skills, you learn to look for specific characteristics in a variety of publications.
Worksheets and other resources
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Resources
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