The Importance of Research in Educating About Music Therapy

Autores/as

  • Barbara L. Wheeler University of Louisville (retired professor); Montclair State University (professor emerita)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v14i2.746

Palabras clave:

Research, purposes of research

Resumen

In this "Essay" article, the author explores some ways in which music therapy research is important in educating people—music therapists and those outside of music therapy—about music therapy. There are different levels and types of research, and different levels are appropriate at different points in the development of music therapy in a country. However, some type of music therapy research is important for the development of music therapy in all cases and in all situations and all countries. The author suggests that music therapy research may be used to: (a) describe a situation, (b) identify and examine processes and causal factors, (c) provide evidence about outcomes, or (d) change a situation. Information on music therapy research for each purpose is provide. The article examines how all of these may be used to educate people about music therapy. It is suggested that music therapists in different countries have different needs for research and that one thing that leads to these variations is how highly developed music therapy is in the country.

Biografía del autor/a

Barbara L. Wheeler, University of Louisville (retired professor); Montclair State University (professor emerita)

Barbara L. Wheeler, PhD, MT-BC, is retired Professor of Music Therapy and University Professor at the University of Louisville, where she taught from 2000-2011, and Professor Emerita from Montclair State University, where she taught from 1975-2000. She frequently presents and teaches in the U.S. and internationally. Current part-time teaching appointments are at the State University of New York – New Paltz; Molloy College; Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music (Poland); and University of Applied Sciences Würzburg Schweinfurt (Germany). Her clinical work has been with a variety of clientele, most recently as Neurologic Music Therapist at several facilities. Barbara edited Music Therapy Research: Quantitative and Qualitative Perspectives and Music Therapy Research, 2nd Edition, and is coauthor of Clinical Training Guide for the Student Music Therapist. She has published numerous articles and chapters. She is a past president of the American Music Therapy Association and previously served as Interview Co-Editor for Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy.

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Publicado

2014-06-06

Cómo citar

Wheeler, B. L. (2014). The Importance of Research in Educating About Music Therapy. Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy, 14(2). https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v14i2.746

Número

Vol. 14 Núm. 2 (2014)

Sección

Columns and Essays

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