The self-perceptions of young men as singers in Singaporean pre-university schools

Research Studies in Music Education

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 165-178

  Freer, Patrick K ^a   Tan, Leonard ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

boys; choral; persistence; possible selves; Singapore; singing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914112960     PISSN: 1321103X     EISSN: 18345530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1321103X14556575     Document Type: Article

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