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Present	Assistant Dean Research, Western University
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Present	Don Wright Faculty of Music, Western University
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Music Education, Community-Based Learning, Educational Sociology, Gender and Sexuality, Inequality and Stratification, and Sociology of Culture

Tuning into the Future: Sharing Initial Insights about the 2012 ...

Canadian Music Educator (2012)

Betty Anne Younker, Ruth Wright, Leslie Linton and Carol Beynon

This article reports on a pilot research project introducing informal music pedagogy developed by Professor Lucy Green to two Ontario ...

Kicking the habitus:power, culture and pedagogy in the secondary ...

Music Education Research (2008)

Within a theoretical framework drawn from sociologists of education Bourdieu and Bernstein, this paper will examine some of the findings ...

Music for all:pupils' perceptions of the GCSE music examination ...

British Journal of Music Education (2002)

This article originated from a research project examining pupils' perceptions of the GCSE Music examination (for pupils aged 15–16) in ...

Gender and achievement in music education: the view from the ...

British Journal of Music Education (2001)

This article originates from a research project investigating the effects of gender on achievement in music education in one secondary ...

Tuning into the Future: Sharing Initial Insights about the 2012 ...

Canadian Music Educator (2012)

Betty Anne Younker, Ruth Wright, Leslie Linton and Carol Beynon

This article reports on a pilot research project introducing informal music pedagogy developed by Professor Lucy Green to two Ontario ...

Informal learning, improvisation and teacher education

British Journal of Music Education (2010)

Ruth Wright and Panagiotis Kanellopoulos

This paper explores firstly the sense in which improvisation might be conceived of as an informal music education process and, ...

Gender and achievement in music education: the view from the ...

British Journal of Music Education (2001)

This article originates from a research project investigating the effects of gender on achievement in music education in one secondary ...

Basil Bernstein's Theory of the Pedagogic Device and Formal ...

Theory into practice (2012)

Ruth Wright and Hildegard Froehlich

This article describes Basil Bernstein's theory of the pedagogic device as applied to school music instruction. Showing that educational practices ...

Kicking the habitus:power, culture and pedagogy in the secondary ...

Music Education Research (2008)

Within a theoretical framework drawn from sociologists of education Bourdieu and Bernstein, this paper will examine some of the findings ...

Tuning into the Future: Informal Learning and Music Education

Research Day (Arts & Humanities, FIMS, and Education) (2012)

Ruth Wright, Carol Beynon, B. A. Younker, V. Meredith, et al.

When adolescents are engaged in learning, research has shown a decrease in alcohol and drug use, higher retention rates and ...

From Freire to Green: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally

Leading Music Education International Conference (2011)

Drawing on a theoretical background from the sociology of education, this paper considers the work of Bernstein, Bourdieu, Ellul and ...

Sociology and Music Education

Music Education Publications (2010)

"Sociology and Music Education addresses a pressing need to provide a sociological foundation for understanding music education. The music education ...