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Research 101
The Neurological Benefits of Music Studies
The Developmental/Psychological Benefits of Music Studies
The Mozart Effect
Childhood Development, Socialization and Music Education
Music and Autism
Music pedagogy
music and faith
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"Perhaps more than any other area of study in education, the arts successfully merge the old and new, traditional and avant-garde, local and global, mainstream and cutting-edge. However, like other areas of inquiry, whether and how the arts are integrated into curricula may be tied to issues of power, cultural practices, and personal and political dispositions." (52)
- Vivian L. Gadsden's “The Arts and Education: Knowledge Generation, Pedagogy, and the Discourse of Learning” Review of Research in Education, Vol. 32, What Counts as Knowledge in Educational Settings: Disciplinary Knowledge, Assessment, and Curriculum (2008): 29-61. Web. 21 Nov. 2015