Daniel C. Johnson

Daniel Johnson is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences, having presented more than 100 peer-reviewed research sessions at national and international conferences throughout the world. His publications include scores of articles in eminent professional journals, with books and book chapters published by Oxford University Press and Rowman & Littlefield. His research interests include: assessment in music education, creativity, instructional strategies, international cross-cultural comparisons, integrated arts education, early childhood education, along with learning and development.

There are 19 included publications by Daniel C. Johnson :

TitleDateViewsBrief Description
Carl Orff: Musical humanist 2006 14879 Beyond the obvious knowledge and skills imparted, education respects and enables students in ways that training does not. Composer Carl Orff articulated a central theme of his approach to education also known as Orff-Schulwerk, or schooling in music ...
Creating meaningful music listening experiences with active music making 2013 5883 Of all musical activities, music listening is the most ubiquitous and essential to all other musical endeavors. In practice, however, music listening is often over-looked as a passive and prescribed activity. This article has a three-fold purpos...
The effect of critical thinking instruction on verbal descriptions of music 2011 3625 The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of critical thinking instruction on music listening skills of fifth-grade students as measured by written responses to music listening. The researcher compared instruction that included opportun...
The effects of musical ensembles-in-residence on elementary students’ auditory discrimination and spatial reasoning skills: A longitudinal study 2016 1195 The purpose of this longitudinal project was to investigate the effects of a program combining musical ensembles-in-residence with regular classroom music instruction on elementary students’ auditory discrimination and spatial intelligence scores. In...
Exploring views from university faculty and cooperating teachers on general music teacher preparation 2012 912 The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine perspectives of experienced university faculty and cooperating teachers in general music education. The co-authors’ four guiding research questions were: (a) What are the ideal components of pr...
Factors Influencing Pre-Instructional Decisions: An Initial Investigation of Expert Music Teacher Perceptions 2020 304 Pre-instructional decisions that teachers make fundamentally and directly influence their students’ music learning. Particularly with expert educators, as defined by their professional qualifications and education, these decisions reveal teachers’ mo...
Fifth-grade instrumentalists' descriptions of music 2003 1920 The purpose of this study was to investigate how elementary-aged students with instrumental experience listen to unfamiliar music. My two research questions were: how do elementary instrumentalists categorize unfamiliar music? and, how much attentio...
How Orff is your Schulwerk? 2017 3506 The focus of this article is the authenticity of Orff-Schulwerk practices, particularly in Americanmusic teaching. Since its adoption in American schools nearly 50 years ago, Orff Schulwerk hasenjoyed an enthusiastic following. With the assistance of...
Integrated Music Education in Elementary Classrooms: Music and Grade-Level Teacher Perspectives and Practices 2021 211 Integrated Music Education (IME) involves collaborative and experiential instruction, designed to address both music and non-music standards. The purpose of this study was to explore music and grade-level teachers’ perceptions of IME and to examine t...
Integrated Music Education Perspectives and Practices of Middle School Music, English, and Science Teachers 2022 89 The purpose of this study was to investigate Integrated Music Education (IME) as a pedagogicalapproach to address both music and non-music learning. We explored middle-school music andnon-music teachers’ perceptions of IME and observed their instruct...
Investigating “Understanding by design” in the national music education standards: Perspectives and practices of music teacher educators 2017 1291 The purpose of this study was to examine familiarity with and usage of “Understandingby Design” (UbD) among music teacher educators. UbD (Wiggins & McTighe, 2005) provides acurricular approach for the revised National Standards for Music Education as...
Listening and thinking: A pilot study 2006 1181 The two purposes of this pilot study were: to classify fifth-grade students’ verbal responses as either Musical Term or Affective/Associative, and to determine if there was a significant difference between subjects’ verbal responses in written and ...
Music listening and critical thinking: Teaching using a constructivist paradigm 2004 19415 Music, a universal human endeavor, offers a unique perspective on studying the humanities. Studying music combines the intellectual and emotional meaning listeners make from music, engaging them in aesthetically focused-activities. In this article, ...
A Pilot Project Exploring Rural Classroom Music Teachers’ Perceptions and Practices via an Online Professional Development Course 2021 668 Music teachers in urban, suburban, and rural communities face a multitude of challenges and opportunities. To identify and examine specific experiences that may be unique to rural general music teachers, we recruited six teacher-participants to compl...
Promoting technology-based collaboration among pre-service music educators: An inter-university project 2017 687 The purpose of this inter-university project was to explore pre-service teachers’ perceptions ofcollaboration and use of online technology. Twenty-two undergraduate music education majors fromtwo separate universities participated in an eleven-week c...
Shape note singing: An American tradition with Kodaly applications 2008 3966 The article discusses the history and development of shape note singing in the U.S. Shape-note singing is recognized as one of the original style of American music. Shape-note singing derives its name from the use of shaped note-heads during 18th-19t...
Special challenges of assessing undergraduate research in the arts and humanities 2009 2282 Departments in the arts and humanities are often inhospitable environments for assessment of learning outcomes. For one thing, student learning in these disciplines is not easily quantified. Also, department chairs and faculty members, having survive...
Thinking critically about assessing online learning 2008 2518 Despite the proliferation of technology designed to increase efficiency and connectivity, students’ understanding and comprehension of course content often lags behind the latest advances in e-learning. Critical thinking in the form of higher-order...
Where wild flowers grow: a Costa Rican adventure 2010 1295 Costa Rica does not have a strong tradition for music education other than the teaching of classical music performance. In order to promote music education, Dr. Daniel C. Johnson, an associate professor of music education at the University of North ...