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About Publications
NAME produces a wide range of publications, at different levels and for different purposes. Overall they provide materials which inform, support, guide and challenge the work of those working in music education. We hope they serve to enable practitioners, managers and researchers to talk to each other in a stimulating and dynamic way. We do not produce classroom resources such as CDs and curriculum plans and activities since we consider that those are produced in sufficient quality by commercial publishers.
A book is published by NAME each year. These are substantial and discursive and focus on relevant and current issues, linking practice to research. Topics have included singing, composing, ICT, assessment, transition between phases of education, special needs, and inclusive approaches to teaching music.
Information Bulletins are designed to provide information on a more general basis on a range of current issues.
Occasional Papers. This format is now being used to provide more detailed information and guidance on significant current issues. The first addresses the implications of PPA for music and more will be published as they are needed.
Magazines. Three magazines are produced per year, one of which serves as the Annual Conference report. These journals provide a very wide range of authoritative articles on the work of members and other key figures in music education, in such areas as working with artists, classroom curriculum practice, research findings, regional reports, instrumental teaching issues and many others.
Postbag is produced four times a year to give the latest detailed information on all current matters, from government funding or legislation to sources of funding for school activities or new ideas to try.
Costs of publications
All NAME members receive free copies of Postbags, Magazines and Occasional Papers and they can purchase other publications at a reduced price. From 2007 onwards, NAME members will also receive one free copy of each new Bulletin. All publications can be ordered online or by contacting the
NAME Administrator.
About Publications