{"title":"Children as songwriters: The social-emotional benefits of songwriting in the elementary grades","authors":"Julienne Dweck","doi":"10.1177/1321103x231189387","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Songwriting has been used in music therapy for decades to help address trauma, alleviate depression and build confidence in both children and adults. With components that great music education models point to—composition, agency, collaboration, and means for self-expression, songwriting seems to be a useful tool for music educators as well. Yet, songwriting is rarely found in a general music educators’ curriculum in a substantial way. This study investigates the stories of eight students who engaged in a robust songwriting program in their elementary school years (children aged 6–12 – referred to as middle childhood). The students share their experiences with songwriting in detail and leave us wondering why songwriting has not been incorporated as an integral part of music education curricula and how this can be changed.","PeriodicalId":45954,"journal":{"name":"Research Studies in Music Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3000,"publicationDate":"2023-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Research Studies in Music Education","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1321103x231189387","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"N/A","JCRName":"MUSIC","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Songwriting has been used in music therapy for decades to help address trauma, alleviate depression and build confidence in both children and adults. With components that great music education models point to—composition, agency, collaboration, and means for self-expression, songwriting seems to be a useful tool for music educators as well. Yet, songwriting is rarely found in a general music educators’ curriculum in a substantial way. This study investigates the stories of eight students who engaged in a robust songwriting program in their elementary school years (children aged 6–12 – referred to as middle childhood). The students share their experiences with songwriting in detail and leave us wondering why songwriting has not been incorporated as an integral part of music education curricula and how this can be changed.
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Research Studies in Music Education is an internationally peer-reviewed journal that promotes the dissemination and discussion of high quality research in music and music education. The journal encourages the interrogation and development of a range of research methodologies and their application to diverse topics in music education theory and practice. The journal covers a wide range of topics across all areas of music education, and a separate "Perspectives in Music Education Research" section provides a forum for researchers to discuss topics of special interest and to debate key issues in the profession.
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