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Teaching Music in the Early Childhood Classroom for Convergent Creativity: Views from a Meta-synthesis

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This chapter presents our views on creativity in teaching music in the early childhood classroom for good life. In conceptualizing convergent creativity in music education in the preschool classroom setting, we posed a question of inquiry: What factors affect music teaching in a preschool classroom?

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  1. National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

    Fadzlianie Binte Yusof & Ai-Girl Tan

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  1. Kaichi International University, Kawashi, Chiba, Japan

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    Ai-Girl Tan

  3. Tokyo Woman’s Christian University, Tokyo, Japan

    Mayumi Oie

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Yusof, F.B., Tan, AG. (2019). Teaching Music in the Early Childhood Classroom for Convergent Creativity: Views from a Meta-synthesis. In: Tsubonou, Y., Tan, AG., Oie, M. (eds) Creativity in Music Education. Creativity in the Twenty First Century. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2749-0_18

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