Becoming a music student investigating the skills and attitudes of students beginning a music degree

Arts and Humanities in Higher Education

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 289-308

  Burland, Karen ^a   Pitts, Stephanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Music students; School university transition; Student musician identity; Study skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249141832     PISSN: 14740222     EISSN: 1741265X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1474022207080847     Document Type: Article

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