The development of music-structural cognition in the early years

Ockelford, Adam; Voyajolu, Angela

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“…This emphasis on the prime importance of the senses in perception chimes with research in the field of special education and musical development (Ockelford & Welch, 2021), as well as in the early years (Ockelford & Voyajolu, 2021;Voyajolu & Ockelford, 2016). In these publications, Ockelford argues that an infant's first experience of music is as a confusion of sound, then gradually through extrapolating features, patterns and structures that are available in their soundworld.…”

Section: Understanding Sonic Sense-making In Contextmentioning

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Reflections on the concept of musical development

Welch

2022

Brit. J. Music. Ed.

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Abstract‘The Sequence of Musical Development’ by Swanwick and Tillman was published in the British Journal of Music Education (BJME) in 1986. This year marks its 35th anniversary and provides an occasion to look back on the article’s content and legacy. It is also an opportunity to reflect on the antecedents for the article’s underlying concepts, as well as how our understanding of children and young people’s musical behaviours and development has evolved. Alternate and more nuanced perspectives, both available at the time and since, draw on an expanding, diverse, multidisciplinary research base. These enable us to have a better grasp of the strengths of the original, as well as what continues to need investigation.

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Section: Understanding Sonic Sense-making In Contextmentioning

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Reflections on the concept of musical development

Welch

2022

Brit. J. Music. Ed.

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The Impact of Visual Impairment on Early Musical Development

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Ockelford

2023

The Oxford Handbook of Early Childhood Learning and Development in Music

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This chapter explores the impact of visual impairment on musical development in early childhood. Evidence is gathered from research that sought to explore the musical development of children who are blind or partially sighted and musical engagement is gauged using the Sounds of Intent in the Early Years framework. We suggest that children who are severely visually impaired represent an exceptional cohort of the population as a whole; while the full range of musical ability is present, a relatively high percentage display exceptional levels of musical development beyond that of their sighted peers. We suggest that music can play an important role in the lives of young children who are blind or partially sighted, potentially having a positive impact on wider development and wellbeing.

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Exploring the Effectiveness of a Musical Intervention for Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Children in the Early Years, and for Those with Complex Needs

Ockelford

2023

The Oxford Handbook of Early Childhood Learning and Development in Music

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This chapter reports on Phase 1 of the IMAGINE project, in which 216 young children, supported by their parents and early years practitioners, participated in a ten-week music program that was run in Children’s Centres across England. The program was evaluated using the Sounds of Intent in the Early Years framework of musical development. The main findings were, first, that the musical development of young children growing up in areas of high social deprivation may well be significantly delayed. However, this delay can be ameliorated with targeted musical activities that last at least four months. Second, schemes that help families and practitioners to engage through music with young children who experience social deprivation, including those with complex needs, can improve children’s capacity to listen and attend, and can have a positive impact on their self-confidence and self-awareness and their capacity to make relationships and to manage their feelings and behavior.

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The development of music-structural cognition in the early years

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Reflections on the concept of musical development

Reflections on the concept of musical development

The Impact of Visual Impairment on Early Musical Development

Exploring the Effectiveness of a Musical Intervention for Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Children in the Early Years, and for Those with Complex Needs

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