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Music Teachers' Perceptions of Effective Teaching (2010)
Journal Article
Button, S. (online). Music Teachers' Perceptions of Effective Teaching. Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 25-38

The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of the effective teacher, assoicated to the teaching and learning of music at Key Stage 3. The quantitative data was obtained through the administration of a questionnaire to 26 music teach... Read More about Music Teachers' Perceptions of Effective Teaching.

Key Stage 3 pupils' perception of music (2006)
Journal Article
Button, S. (2006). Key Stage 3 pupils' perception of music. Music Education Research, 8(3), 417-431. https://doi.org/10.1080/14613800600957529

The key aim of the research summarised in this article was to examine pupils' perceptions of music and to determine whether or not these perceptions were the same for both female and male pupils. The empirical enquiry consisted of the administration... Read More about Key Stage 3 pupils' perception of music.

Changing Roles: The Music Co-ordinator in the Primary School (2006)
Journal Article
Button, S., & Potter, A. (2006). Changing Roles: The Music Co-ordinator in the Primary School. Research in Education, 76, 1-13

This article reports on the results of a study which investigated teachers' and head teachers' perceptions of the role of the music co-ordinator in the primary school, and provides insight into how the role might be made more effective. The teachers... Read More about Changing Roles: The Music Co-ordinator in the Primary School.

The teaching of music in the primary school by the non-music Specialist (2006)
Journal Article
Holden, H., & Button, S. (2006). The teaching of music in the primary school by the non-music Specialist. British Journal of Music Education, 23(1), 23-38. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0265051705006728

This article reports on an investigation of the teaching of music by non-music specialists in the primary school. In particuilar, it examines attitudes to teaching music, factors affecting teachers' confidence, the relationship between confidence and... Read More about The teaching of music in the primary school by the non-music Specialist.

Preparing for Drama (2006)
Journal Article
Button, S., & Millward, P. (2006). Preparing for Drama. Education 3-13, 34(1), 73-79. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004270500507610

Abstract Teachers who want to involve their pupils in classroom drama need to be aware of the necessary conditions for dramatic engagement. In this article we seek to identify four conditions for the preparation of successful drama, and support our a... Read More about Preparing for Drama.

Talking and Literacy in the Early Years (2005)
Journal Article
Button, S., & Millward, P. (2005). Talking and Literacy in the Early Years. FORUM, 47(1), 34-38

Whilst it is clear that the move towards literacy is one of the ways in which school experience is likely to affect the child’s language, it is also evident that the pressure to help children become effective readers and writers can mean that we lose... Read More about Talking and Literacy in the Early Years.

Language and social experience in the early years: the presentation of a way of life (2005)
Journal Article
Button, S. (2005). Language and social experience in the early years: the presentation of a way of life. Education 3-13, 33(1), 13-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004270585200041