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Creativity in Music Education

  • Creates a platform for music educators to share their experience and expertise in creative music teaching and learning with the international community
  • Increases awareness of research and development in creative practice, teaching and learning in the field of music across continents
  • Enables English-speaking readers to access excellent research and practical experiences in non-English societies

Part of the book series: Creativity in the Twenty First Century (CTFC)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Everyday Creativity in Music Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Creativity and Music Education: A State of Art Reflection

      • Ai-Girl Tan, Yukiko Tsubonou, Mayumi Oie, Hiromichi Mito
      Pages 3-16
    3. Learner Agency in Musical Creative Process and Learning

      • Shinko Kondo, Jackie Wiggins
      Pages 17-33
  3. Reviews of Practice and Research in Music Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
    2. Do You like Music as the Subject at School? Creativity in Self-regulated Learning and Motivation in Music Education

      • Mayumi Oie, Yasuhiko Fujie, Yu Okugawa, Shinichiro Kakihana, Shoko Itaka, Hisashi Uebuchi
      Pages 187-200
    3. Creativity in the Japanese National Curriculum for Music

      • Hajime Takasu, Akemi Takasu
      Pages 217-230

About this book

This book creates a platform for music educators to share their experience and expertise in creative music teaching and learning with the international community. It presents research studies and practices that are original and representative of music education in the Japanese, Asian and international communities. It also collects substantial literature on music education research in Japan and other Asian societies, enabling English-speaking readers to access excellent research and practical experiences in non-English societies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Kaichi International University, Kawashi, Japan

    Yukiko Tsubonou

  • National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

    Ai-Girl Tan

  • Tokyo Woman’s Christian University, Tokyo, Japan

    Mayumi Oie

About the editors

TSUBONOU Yukiko is a Professor at Kaich International University. From 2005 to 2008 she was the President of the Japanese Music Education Society, and from 2005 to 2007 she was a member of the Education Committee of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. She is currently the Director of the Institute of Creativity in Music Education(ICME), as well as the chief editor of the International Journal of Creativity in Music Education (JCME). In addition, she has written papers/books, and translated English books about creative music activity.

TAN Ai-Girl is a member of the faculty at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She was a Visiting Professor at the Department of Psychology, University of Munich, Germany sponsored by the German Academic Exchange Service, and at the Department of Asian Studies, Kaisai Gaidai University, Osaka, Japan. Currently she is the program leader of higher degree (Master and Ph.D.) Department of Early Childhood and Special Education. Her research interests include critical making and creativity, play and strength-based education.


OIE Mayumi is a Professor and Head of the Teacher Education program at Tokyo Woman's Christian University, Japan. Her main research interests are the relationship between motivation and creativity in the transition from elementary school to junior high school. Her English publications include:“Self-Regulated Learning and Creativity as Related to Age and Gender in the transition from Elementary to Junior High School” in A. G. Tan(Ed.), Creativity, Talent and Excellence.(Springer Verlag,2013)

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Creativity in Music Education

  • Editors: Yukiko Tsubonou, Ai-Girl Tan, Mayumi Oie

  • Series Title: Creativity in the Twenty First Century

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2749-0

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-2747-6Published: 15 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-2749-0Published: 17 December 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2364-6675

  • Series E-ISSN: 2364-6683

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 279

  • Number of Illustrations: 35 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Educational Psychology, Creativity and Arts Education, Music

Buy it now

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eBook USD 149.00
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Hardcover Book USD 199.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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