ABSTRACT
This chapter presents some selected research findings and applications of the techniques, methods, curricula, and methodologies in selected areas of music education teaching and learning. The methodologies in general music education that are present in the classroom can be traced to a number of individuals whose philosophy of music in the education of children incorporated the nature of music, the learner, and a particular approach to instruction. Edwin E. Gordon has incorporated the music-learning theory and sequences into a curriculum for both general music education and instrumental music education. It is surprising that sight singing or sight-reading remains one of the weakest components in the teaching of choral music in that it is one of the few areas in choral music education that has specific methods. Gordon Learning Theory explains how persons gain knowledge, comprehension, or mastery when they study music.
