The shifting sands of UK secondary music curricula: problematising relationships between aural training and music literacy
Journal Article
Donn, R., Stillie, B., & Moir, Z. (2024)
The shifting sands of UK secondary music curricula: problematising relationships between aural training and music literacy. Music Education Research, 26(1), 58-70. https://doi.org/10.1080/14613808.2024.2309204
This article, which is intended as a contribution to wider conversations around music literacy, explores current conceptions of music literacy within the UK, using the area of...
The worst is yet to come: the psychological impact of COVID-19 on Hong Kong music teachers
Journal Article
Cheng, L., & Lam, C. Y. (2021)
The worst is yet to come: the psychological impact of COVID-19 on Hong Kong music teachers. Music Education Research, 23(2), 211-224. https://doi.org/10.1080/14613808.2021.1906215
The COVID-19 pandemic has made online and distance learning the new normal at all levels of education. Music as a school subject that relies heavily on multimodal sensory and ...
Learner autonomy in music performance practices
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Cheng, L., Wong, P. W. Y., & Lam, C. Y. (2020)
Learner autonomy in music performance practices. British Journal of Music Education, 37(3), 234-246. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0265051720000170
The language of music shares a number of basic processing mechanisms with natural languages, yet studies of learner autonomy in music education are rare. This study aims to as...
Haphazard pathways: Students’ perceptions of their routes to music study in higher education in the United Kingdom
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Moir, Z., & Stillie, B. (2018)
Haphazard pathways: Students’ perceptions of their routes to music study in higher education in the United Kingdom. Journal of Popular Music Education, 2(3), 199-216. doi:10.1386/jpme.2.3.199_1
This article reports on a qualitative study, which explored perceptions of fourteen first-year undergraduate music students in the United Kingdom regarding their secondary sch...
Teaching Live Coding of Electronic Dance Music: A Case Study
Journal Article
Cheng, L. (2018)
Teaching Live Coding of Electronic Dance Music: A Case Study. Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture, 10(1), https://doi.org/10.12801/1947-5403.2018.10.01.10
Live coding is a relatively new performance practice that emphasizes the expressive possibilities afforded by computer programming. Live coding has often been associated with ...
Review of 'Promising Practices in 21st Century Music Teacher Education'
Journal Article
Moir, Z. (2018)
Review of 'Promising Practices in 21st Century Music Teacher Education'. Journal of Music, Technology and Education, 11(2), 213-218. https://doi.org/10.1386/jmte.11.2.213_5
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Musical competency development in a laptop ensemble
Journal Article
Cheng, L. (2019)
Musical competency development in a laptop ensemble. Research Studies in Music Education, 41(1), 117-131. https://doi.org/10.1177/1321103x18773804
The laptop ensemble is a platform that has recently been made possible by computer technology that enables individuals to perform music collaboratively. Research in this area ...
Educational affordances and learning design in music software development
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Cheng, L., & Leong, S. (2017)
Educational affordances and learning design in music software development. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 26(4), 395-407. https://doi.org/10.1080/1475939x.2016.1267037
Although music software has become increasingly affordable and widely adopted in today’s classrooms, concerns have been raised about a lack of consideration for users’ needs d...
Effects of real-time visual feedback on pre-service teachers' singing: Effect of real-time visual feedback
Journal Article
Leong, S., & Cheng, L. (2014)
Effects of real-time visual feedback on pre-service teachers' singing: Effect of real-time visual feedback. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 30(3), 285-296. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcal.12046
This pilot study focuses on the use real-time visual feedback technology (VFT) in vocal training. The empirical research has two aims: to ascertain the effectiveness of the re...