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Aesthetic Development in Music: An Experiment in the Use of Personal Construct Theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Liz Gilbert
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This paper examines Kelly's Personal Construct Theory (PCT) as a means of researching the development of the aesthetic response to the perception of music. It takes the techniques of association and construct elicitation derived from PCT as a means of investigating pupil responses, and attempts to shed some light both on the way pupils perceive their peer groups' compositions and on the role of the teacher/researcher in the assessment process.

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Research Article
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British Journal of Music Education , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , November 1990 , pp. 173 - 190
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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