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Reflective Practice through the Lens of a Fifth Grade Composition-based Music Class

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Reflective Practices in Arts Education

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Younker, B. (2006). Reflective Practice through the Lens of a Fifth Grade Composition-based Music Class. In: Burnard, P., Hennessy, S. (eds) Reflective Practices in Arts Education. Landscapes: the Arts, Aesthetics and Education, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4703-7_14

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