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Best Practices for Young Children’s Music Education: Guidance from Brain Research

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: john.flohr{at}waldenu.edu.

	Abstract

This article reviews best practices for young children’s music experiences in light of developments in brain research. The first section reviews research music and brain topics including neuromyths, effect of music on structural brain changes and general intelligence, plasticity, critical and optimal periods, and at-risk student populations. The second section applies brain research to development and instructional strategies in the elementary music classroom.

First published on November 4, 2009
General Music Today 2009, doi:10.1177/1048371309352344


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