IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/pal/palcom/v11y2024i1d10.1057_s41599-024-03631-z.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Interplay between music and mathematics in the eyes of the beholder: focusing on differing types of expertise

Author

Listed:
  • Libby Azaryahu

    (The MOFET Institute
    The Academic College Levinsky - Wingate)

  • Ido Ariel

    (The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance Israel)

  • Roza Leikin

    (University of Haifa)

Abstract

This study explored the unique connections between music and mathematics as perceived by four groups of experts: professional mathematicians and musicians, as well as teacher educators in these two fields. Using 2 × 2 study design, we studied four groups of participants, comprising theorists and educators from various Israeli universities. During semi-structured interviews, the study participants were asked about their views on the connections between mathematics and music. This study proposes a model of experts’ conceptions of the connection between mathematics and music, which is of descriptive and explanatory power. that reveals differences between the four groups of experts. Theoreticians in both disciplines highlighted Mathematics as a key tool for music analysis and creation. Musical educators emphasized the role of music as a tool for learning mathematics. All the study participants, independently of the field of their expertise, value structure, beauty, sense of wonder, freedom and creative thinking as characteristics of both fields. Additionally, all the experts hold conceptions of the importance of integrating music and mathematics into various discipline. This study opened new doors for future research wherein utilization of experts’ insights to craft integrated study modules of music and mathematics can be explored, a pursuit that carries substantial significance.

Suggested Citation

  • Libby Azaryahu & Ido Ariel & Roza Leikin, 2024. "Interplay between music and mathematics in the eyes of the beholder: focusing on differing types of expertise," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 11(1), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palcom:v:11:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1057_s41599-024-03631-z
    DOI: 10.1057/s41599-024-03631-z
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://link.springer.com/10.1057/s41599-024-03631-z
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1057/s41599-024-03631-z?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Siping Liu, 2013. "Pedagogical Content Knowledge: A Case Study of ESL Teacher Educator," English Language Teaching, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 6(7), pages 128-128, July.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Roza Kazakbaeva, 2023. "Knowledge Base for Classroom Preparedness: Analyzing Initial English Language Teacher Education in Kyrgyzstan," SAGE Open, , vol. 13(4), pages 21582440231, December.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:pal:palcom:v:11:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1057_s41599-024-03631-z. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.nature.com/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.