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A Holistic Approach to Music Education

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Ruth Wright
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Abstract

This paper originates from a research project investigating the effects of a ‘holistic’ approach to music education in the secondary school. It is based upon a case study involving the work of one secondary school music department where a ‘holistic’ approach to the music programme is adopted in that the work in the curriculum at Key Stages 3 and 4 is used as the basis for extended curricular work. It is concluded that the holistic approach offers an interesting and in many ways educationally beneficial alternative to the more traditional separatist approach to the curriculum and extended curriculum.

Type
Research Article
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British Journal of Music Education , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , March 1998 , pp. 71 - 81
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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