Social benefits of music study
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Category:
Research Report |
Issue(s) Addressed:
Inherent value/intelligence Building society/citizenship Developing the "whole child" |
Attribution
Patricial Shehan Campbell, Claire Connell, and Amy Beegle (2007), "Adolescents' Expressed Meanings of Music in and out of School," Journal of Research in Music Education, 55(3), p. 228-9.
Item Text
Adolescents also reported that being involved with music provided them with a sense of belonging, or as one 13-year-old girl put it, "Music gives you a place to belong inside and outside the walls of your school." Quite often imagery of the family was chosen to illustrate the feelings of belonging and security they had experienced as a result of participating in musical groups at their school such as band, choir, or orchestra. There was acknowledgment that music diminishes boundaries between people of different ethnic backgrounds, of different age-groups, and of different social interests.
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Submitter Information
- Name: MENC Staff
- Email: advocacy@menc.org