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The Present State and Future Challenges of Research in Music Education

The author is Professor of Music and Chairman, Graduate Music Education, The School of Music, Indiana University, Bloomington, United States. Research in music education is in a curious position. Most American music educators who teach at the college and university level believe research is important for the progress of the discipline, and, therefore, most of them encourage it. However, only a small minority of them continue to do much research themselves, and this fact contributes to the limited amount of research-based information available to the profession. Generally the profession seems content to go about its business with-