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A new report examines which students are accessing extra-curricular activities and the long-term outcomes of students who do participate.
A team of social neuroscientists from Bar-Ilan University and the University of Chicago developed a model of the brain that focuses on what happens when
A new study by the University of Exeter has found a connection between brain health in old age and playing a musical instrument.
A study published by the University of Southern California (USC) explored the impact of music education programmes on middle school students (teens), including a programme of extra-curricular online popular music education. The study examined the impact of music on the five key areas of Positive Youth Development (PYD).
A study of older adults who’d taken part in cognitive ability assessments, indicates that people with more experience of playing a musical instrument were likely to show greater gains in cognitive ability.
A study published in Human Brain Mapping suggests that long-term vocal and piano training can improve white matter plasticity in emotion and language networks, and strengthen connections among emotion-related regions of the brain. Vocal training in particular reshaped the vocal motor control, sensory feedback, and language processing networks.
A new publication by the University of Adelaide highlights the benefits of music education for child development and well-being, particularly following the impact of the pandemic.
The Data Drummer website has a research section that, summarises the wellbeing benefits of drumming: from improving general cognitive health, to helping control impulsive behaviour to reducing the symptoms of trauma.
[LATEST UPDATE: 25/4/2024] This post featuring the latest news and reports on music education and music education advocacy will be updated each time we add news and campaigns about music in schools. Please comment below if there’s anything you think we need to add.
A new study led by a Western Sydney University researcher has found that musical rhythms can help children with speech and language processing difficulties.
It’s been a long time coming, but finally we have a social media account – @MusicEduWorks (tweets were previously shared by @anitanee). We’ve chosen X/Twitter (for all its faults and changes) as we know the music education community is active there – and we hope we can make a helpful contribution.
Music Education Works 