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The problems in music education the MMCP sought to address were the students’ rejection of music education upon reaching the stage of formal operations (logic & reasoning) observed by Jean Piaget, and the rejection of music in the educational environment as compared to the strong acceptance of music outside school.
The gathering was primarily meant for educators to come observe new teaching techniques in rhythm and observe Hayden's music students. During the three-day convention, music demonstrations took place provided by Hayden and his students. Informal discussions on current topics in music education would also take place during the convention.
Music education is also a research area in which scholars do original research on ways of teaching and learning music. Music education scholars publish their findings in peer-reviewed journals, and teach undergraduate and graduate education students at university education or music schools, who are training to become music teachers.
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While formal music education has roots going at least as far back as the Hebrews in Egypt [2] or the ancient Greeks, [3] challenges arose as music became more specialized and technically complex after the 5th century BCE in Ancient Greece and as the development of notation shifted music education from training in singing to training in music reading. [4]
In A Guide to Research in Music Education, Phelps, Ferrara and Goolsby define research as the identification and isolation of a problem into a workable plan; the implementation of that plan to collect the data needed; and the synthesis, interpretation and presentation of the collected information into some format which readily can be made available to others.
The International Society for Philosophy of Music Education (ISPME) is an international scholarly organization for the field of music education philosophy.Music education philosophy is a field of study that examines such fundamental questions as "why and how should music be taught and learned?," while ISPME is an international organization devoted specifically to this specialized subject.
UPDATE: Applications of Research in Music Education is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of music education. The editor-in-chief is Debbie Rohwer. It was established in 1982 by Dr. Charles Elliot and is published by SAGE Publications in association with the National Association for Music Education .