Seeking best practice: A systematic review of literature on Chinese music teaching and learning in Western classroom contexts

A standalone literature review was conducted to ascertain the extent and status of research on practical inclusion Chinese music in Western educational contexts. The study identified a body journal articles postgraduate theses topic. papers were analysed discern what might constitute best practice classroom approaches teaching learning music. Based review’s criteria for – English, praxis-oriented, peer-reviewed published over past three decades found that number publications limited (19) terms established pedagogical they engaged, some gaps existed, certain pedagogies minimally represented perhaps too recent have been trialled. Even so, concluded while is an elusive notion, forms styles appear be compatible with range settings Western-oriented approaches.