Exploring student experiences of belonging within an urban high school choral ensemble: An action research study

Music Education Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 339-352

  Parker, Elizabeth Cassidy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

action research; adolescent belonging; adolescent bonding; choral music; qualitative; social development

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650750993     PISSN: 14613808     EISSN: 14699893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14613808.2010.519379     Document Type: Review

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