Music Independent Study Modules

The following Blogs are now ready for you to access.

I have collected some of my own writing and modified some Powerpoint presentations to create materials that you can use to explore one or more of the issues and themes of each Music Independent Study Module (MISM).

If you would like to complete a task associated with each MISM, then follow the suggestions given. Alternatively, you might simply like to read the material and follow the links. Following links on the internet can lead you to many interesting sites and I would like to receive feedback on any good, or not so good sites that you might find.


Music Independent Study Module 1 Music and Learning


Music Independent Study Module 2 Music and a Curriculum for Excellence


Music Independent Study Module 3 Music and Topics


Music Independent Study Module 4 Music and Wellbeing



Musicals and books available in the library

The Magic Hummingbird Book, CD

All Kinds of Animals Book, CD and notes

All Kinds of People Book, CD and notes

Omutwaga Booklets and Cassette

The Tempest Booklets, CD and notes

Midsummer Night’s Dream Book, CD and notes

Macbeth Book, CD and notes

Themes from History

Themes from Geography

Junior Voiceworks
Music Express Foundation Stage
Music Express Year 1
Music Express Year 2
Music Express Year 3
Music Express Year 4
Music Express Year 5
Music Express Year 6

The library also has full text access to several journals that may be of interest so. Follow this link to access journals in music education,

For example, an article ‘Thinking Music Matters’ written by me with some colleagues here at Strathclyde is available online. Users simply need an Athens account to access this and other articles in the field of Music Education. More general articles from journals such as The Curriculum Journal are also available. If you are interested in teachers’ views of the expressive arts in Scottish schools, you might like to read our latest article which draws upon research carried out in 2005.


Dread and passion: primary and secondary teachers' views on teaching the arts
Authors: Graeme B. Wilson a; Raymond A. R. MacDonald b; Charles Byrne c; Sandra Ewing c; Marion Sheridan c
Curriculum Journal, Volume 19, Issue 1 March 2008 , pages 37 - 53

a Newcastle University, UK
b Glasgow Caledonian University, UK
c University of Strathclyde, UK