The Impact Of Music On Human Development And Well Being

Author : Michele Biasutti,Graham F. Welch,Jennifer MacRitchie,Gary E. McPherson,Evangelos Himonides
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9782889636839

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The Impact of Music on Human Development and Well-Being by Michele Biasutti,Graham F. Welch,Jennifer MacRitchie,Gary E. McPherson,Evangelos Himonides Pdf

Music is one of the most universal ways of expression and communication in human life and is present in the everyday lives of people of all ages and from all cultures around the world. Music represents an enjoyable activity in and of itself, but its influence goes beyond simple amusement. Listening to music, singing, playing, composing and improvising, individually and collectively, are common activities for many people: these activities not only allow the expression of personal inner states and feelings, but also can bring many positive effects to those who engage in them. There is an increasing wealth of literature concerning the wider benefits of musical activity, and research in the sciences associated with music suggests that there are many dimensions of human life (physical, social, psychological—including cognitive and emotional) which can be affected positively by music. The impact that musical activity has on human life can be found in different processes, including a transfer of learning from the musical to another cognitive domain. Abilities that have been developed through music education and training may also be effectively applied in other cognitive tasks. Engagement in successful music activity may also have a positive impact on social skills and social inclusion, thus supporting the participation of the individual in collective and collaborative musical events. The promotion of social participation through music can foster many kinds of inclusion, including intercultural, intergenerational, and support for those who are differently abled. The aim of this Research Topic is to present a diverse range of original articles that investigate and discuss, in different ways, the crucial role that musical activity can play in human development and well-being.

Author : Raymond MacDonald,Gunter Kreutz,Laura Mitchell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 563 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780199686827

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Music, Health, and Wellbeing by Raymond MacDonald,Gunter Kreutz,Laura Mitchell Pdf

Music has a universal and timeless potential to influence how we feel, yet, only recently, have researchers begun to explore and understand the positive effects that music can have on our wellbeing.This book brings together research from a number of disciplines to explore the relationship between music, health and wellbeing.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-07
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780192678010

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Music and Parental Mental Wellbeing by Anonim Pdf

There is compelling evidence that music can enhance parental wellbeing, yet to date there have been few attempts to bring together current endeavours in the field. Music and Parental Mental Wellbeing provides readers from music, health, and beyond, with a new and comprehensive opportunity to consider how music can support parental mental wellbeing. Drawing on recent ground-breaking practice, research, and evaluation the book illuminates how music can support mental wellbeing in pregnancy and the postnatal period, childbirth and perinatal hospital settings, and in the early years. Each chapter provides introductory context, describes the relevant musical practice, consider the intersections with parental wellbeing, and end with implications for practice and key take-aways for the reader. With an interdisciplinary and international team of authors, including music and health practitioners, experts by experience, and researchers, this book explores and establishes the role of music, in its many forms, in supporting and enhancing parental mental wellbeing.

Author : Esther M. Morgan-Ellis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-02
Category : Music
ISBN : 1940771315

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Resonances by Esther M. Morgan-Ellis Pdf

Resonances: Engaging Music in Its Cultural Context offers a fresh curriculum for the college-level music appreciation course. The musical examples are drawn from classical, popular, and folk traditions from around the globe. These examples are organized into thematic chapters, each of which explores a particular way in which human beings use music. Topics include storytelling, political expression, spirituality, dance, domestic entertainment, and more. The chapters and examples can be taught in any order, making Resonances a flexible resource that can be adapted to your teaching or learning needs. This textbook is accompanied by a complete set of PowerPoint slides, a test bank, and learning objectives.

Author : Nikki S. Rickard,Katrina McFerran
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Music therapy
ISBN : 1621006123

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Lifelong Engagement with Music by Nikki S. Rickard,Katrina McFerran Pdf

Music psychology is the study of how humans experience and perceive music, and the impact this has on individuals, groups and communities. Engaging with music whether by performing, creating, learning or listening can have significant benefits across the lifespan. This book explores how music can promote mental health and functioning in diverse settings, from supporting cognitive development in premature babies to establishing identity and emotional well-being in adolescents, to enhancing brain function in adults and challenging cognitive decline in dementia patients. A lifespan approach is used to illustrate that the benefits of musical engagement need not be reserved for the vulnerable, but can also serve people of all ages to enhance health and well-being.

Author : Susan Hallam,Evangelos Himonides
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-11
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781800644199

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The Power of Music by Susan Hallam,Evangelos Himonides Pdf

Building on her earlier work, 'The Power of Music: A Research Synthesis of the Impact of Actively Making Music on the Intellectual, Social and Personal Development of Children and Young People', this volume by Susan Hallam and Evangelos Himonides is an important new resource in the field of music education, practice, and psychology. A well-signposted text with helpful subheadings, 'The Power of Music: An Exploration of the Evidence' gathers and synthesises research in neuroscience, psychology, and education to develop our understanding of the effects of listening to and actively making music. Its chapters address music’s relationship with literacy and numeracy, transferable skills, its impact on social cohesion and personal wellbeing, as well as the roles that music plays in our everyday lives. Considering evidence from large population samples to individual case studies and across age groups, the authors also pose important methodological questions to the research community. 'The Power of Music' defends qualitative research against a requirement for randomised control trials that can obscure the diverse and often fraught contexts in which people of all ages and backgrounds are exposed to, and engage with, music. This magnificent and comprehensive volume allows the evidence about the power of music to speak for itself, thus providing an essential directory for those researching music education and its social, personal, and cognitive impact across human ages and experiences.

Author : Margaret S. Barrett,Graham F. Welch
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1073 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780190927547

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The Oxford Handbook of Early Childhood Learning and Development in Music by Margaret S. Barrett,Graham F. Welch Pdf

Investigation of the role of music in early life and learning has been somewhat fragmented, with studies being undertaken within a range of fields with little apparent conversation across disciplinary boundaries, and with an emphasis on pre-schoolers' and school-aged childrens' learning and engagement. The Oxford Handbook of Early Childhood Learning and Development in Music brings together leading researchers in infant and early childhood cognition, music education, music therapy, neuroscience, cultural and developmental psychology, and music sociology to interrogate questions of how our capacity for music develops from birth, and its contributions to learning and development. Researchers in cultural psychology and sociology of musical childhoods investigate those factors that shape children's musical learning and development and the places and spaces in which children encounter and engage with music. These issues are complemented with consideration of the policy environment at local, national and global levels in relation to music early learning and development and the ways in which these shape young children's music experiences and opportunities. The volume also explores issues of music provision and developmental contributions for children with Special Education Needs, children living in medical settings and participating in music therapy, and those living in sites of trauma and conflict. Consideration of these environments provides a context to examine music learning and development in family, community and school settings including general and specialized school environments. Authors trace the trajectories of development within and across cultures and settings and in that process identify those factors that facilitate or constrain children's early music learning and development.

Author : Andrea Giraldez-Hayes,Jolanta Burke
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000601008

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Applied Positive School Psychology by Andrea Giraldez-Hayes,Jolanta Burke Pdf

Applied Positive School Psychology is an essential guide to help teachers regain their own and assist the school community in rebuilding their health post-pandemic. While research in positive psychology is thriving, teachers and educational practitioners find it challenging to apply it in their daily practice. This practical book fills the gap between theory and practice and provides practitioners with an evidence-based toolkit on using the positive psychology in their school communities. With contributions from experts in their field, this important resource explores student wellbeing, teacher wellbeing, inclusion, developing positive relationships, creativity, and therapeutic art. Written with the practitioner in mind, Applied Positive School Psychology is a must read for the teaching community and those interested in positive education. It will also be of interest to academics specialising in wellbeing or education, educational psychologists, and education policy makers.

Author : Naomi Sunderland,Natalie Lewandowski,Dan Bendrups,Brydie-Leigh Bartleet
Publisher : Springer
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349952847

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Music, Health and Wellbeing by Naomi Sunderland,Natalie Lewandowski,Dan Bendrups,Brydie-Leigh Bartleet Pdf

This book explores the power music has to address health inequalities and the social determinants of health and wellbeing. It examines music participation as a determinant of wellbeing and as a transformative tool to impact on wider social, cultural and environmental conditions. Uniquely, in this volume health and wellbeing outcomes are conceptualised on a continuum, with potential effects identified in relation to individual participants, their communities but also society at large. While arts therapy approaches have a clear place in the text, the emphasis is on music making outside of clinical contexts and the broader roles musicians, music facilitators and educators can play in enhancing wellbeing in a range of settings beyond the therapy room. This innovative edited collection will be of great interest to scholars and practitioners of music, social services, medical humanities, education and the broader health field in the social and medical sciences.

Author : Dr. Divya Ahluwalia and Dr. Rashmi Gupta
Publisher : MY Authors Hub
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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LIFE SKILLS by Dr. Divya Ahluwalia and Dr. Rashmi Gupta Pdf

Happiness is the bedrock of a civilized society. The rise and fall of civilizations explicitly show human outreach and their unending efforts to make human life happy, even in the most perilous situations and predicaments. In the tumultuous development of the human race, the tides of time failed to slow down humanity's courage to continuously battle for happiness and for a progressive life. Every struggle begins for happiness, persists until its achievement, and forever lives in its maintenance. It is a lifelong, consistent process. From the smallest challenges to the waves of terrible conditions, human perseverance in search of happiness is undeterred. However, each endeavor for being happy demands different life skills and encapsulates lifelong experiences. This book investigates whether life skills play a pivotal role in ascertaining and enhancing happiness in human life. It attempts to determine whether or not people can experience happiness by learning these life skills as a concept of lifelong learning and aims to explore the key to happiness.

Author : Beth Romero
Publisher : She Writes Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-14
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781647425906

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Happy AF by Beth Romero Pdf

Feeling crappy? Wanna be happier? Wanna up your game? Happy AF is your comprehensive roadmap for happiness. Drawing heavily from neuroscience, positive psychology, and behavioral science, the straightforward strategies and exercises in this how-to guide will teach you how to strengthen your happiness muscle and live up to your greatest potential. Happiness junky Beth Romero serves up a life-affirming parable laced with contextual how-tos—all backed by clinical research—in fresh, insightful, and accessible language you can relate to. Kinda like your best friend giving it to you straight (with love) over cocktails. In this book, you will discover: * the art of letting go * proven ways to jiu-jitsu your negative thoughts to transform your life * how goals, vision, purpose are the stepping-stones to greatness * the importance of gratitude and grace in your happiness journey * the scientific link between sleep, morning routines, diet, and exercise on your mental well-being * and much, much more! Happiness is a choice—and it’s within your reach. If you do the work. If you believe. Much like Dorothy with her ruby slippers, the power is always within you . . . just waiting for you to access it. So get ready to click your Manolos, Dr. Martens, or Adidas and find your happy place.

Author : Victoria Williamson
Publisher : Icon Books Ltd
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-06
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781848316874

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You Are the Music by Victoria Williamson Pdf

'You are the music / While the music lasts' T.S. Eliot, The Four Quartets Do babies remember music from the womb? Can classical music increase your child's IQ? Is music good for productivity? Can it aid recovery from illness and injury? And what is going on in your brain when Ultravox's 'Vienna', Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht or Dizzee Rascal's 'Bonkers' transports you back to teenage years? In a brilliant new work that will delight music lovers of every persuasion, music psychologist Victoria Williamson examines our relationship with music across the whole of a lifetime. Along the way she reveals the amazing ways in which music can physically reshape our brains, explores how 'smart music listening' can improve cognitive performance, and considers the perennial puzzle of what causes 'earworms'. Requiring no specialist musical or scientific knowledge, this upbeat, eye-opening book reveals as never before the extent of the universal language of music that lives deep inside us all.

Author : Ahsan Akbar,Petra Poulova,Hana Mohelska,Minhas Akbar
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832524978

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Understanding Leadership and Organizational Psychology in Higher Education Institutions by Ahsan Akbar,Petra Poulova,Hana Mohelska,Minhas Akbar Pdf

Author : Jennifer Bugos
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-12
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781317231509

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Contemporary Research in Music Learning Across the Lifespan by Jennifer Bugos Pdf

This book examines contemporary issues in music teaching and learning throughout the lifespan, illuminating an emerging nexus of trends shaping modern research in music education. In the past, most music learning opportunities and research were focused upon the pre-adult population. Yet, music education occurs throughout the lifespan, from birth until death, emerging not only through traditional formal ensembles and courses, but increasingly through informal settings as well. This book challenges previous assumptions in music education and offers theoretical perspectives that can guide contemporary research and practice. Exploring music teaching and learning practices through the lens of human development, sections highlight recent research on topics that shape music learning trajectories. Themes uniting the book include human development, assessment strategies, technological applications, professional practices, and cultural understanding. The volume deconstructs and reformulates performance ensembles to foster mutually rewarding collaborations across miles and generations. It develops new measures and strategies for assessment practices for professionals as well as frameworks for guiding students to employ effective strategies for self-assessment. Supplemental critical thinking questions focus the reader on research applications and provide insight into future research topics. This volume joining established experts and emerging scholars at the forefront of this multifaceted frontier is essential reading for educators, researchers, and scholars, who will make the promises of the 21st century a reality in music education. It will be of interest to a range of fields including music therapy, lifelong learning, adult learning, human development, community music, psychology of music, and research design.

Author : Sylvia Ingeborg Haering
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783658393304

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The Impact of Music Therapy on Children in a Multicultural Elementary School by Sylvia Ingeborg Haering Pdf

The OECD stated in 2018 that language barriers are among the greatest obstacles to the successful inclusion of students with an immigrant background. Providing adequate instruction in the language of instruction at school, and offering learning experiences independent of the level of language skills is, therefore, an essential task of the 21st-century school systems. This book explores how music therapy can contribute to solving this challenge. It investigates the multicultural learning environment of an Italian elementary school that is characterised by students with multiple native languages and different levels of proficiency in the language of instruction. In some cases, students have difficulty following lessons and participating in social life. The children (5-8 years) receive music therapy in the experimental condition and regular school activity in the control condition according to a within-subject control group design, meaning that half the children started in the control condition and the other started in the experimental condition; they switched at the half-time point. Data on the children’s language skills and general behaviour are collected and analysed.