AbstractIt can be argued that Swanwick’s research and scholarship established the field of music education as an area of interdisciplinary study in the United Kingdom. A significant and seminal publication in this legacy is Swanwick’s work with Tillman on the sequence of musical development based on Tillman’s empirical study of children’s compositions. This paper will aim to place the resulting ‘spiral’ in the wider context of Swanwick’s meta-theory of music education and to understand some of the critical issues surrounding it. The paper will conclude with an appraisal of Swanwick’s impact on the theory and practice of music education.

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音乐发展的顺序及其在斯旺维克音乐教育元理论中的地位：个人回应

摘要可以说，斯旺维克的研究和学术成就将音乐教育领域确立为英国的一个跨学科研究领域。在这一遗产中的一个重要和开创性的出版物是斯旺威克与蒂尔曼合作，基于蒂尔曼对儿童作品的实证研究，研究了音乐发展的顺序。本文旨在将由此产生的“螺旋”置于斯旺维克音乐教育元理论的更广泛背景下，并理解围绕它的一些关键问题。本文最后将评估斯旺维克对音乐教育理论和实践的影响。