ABSTRACT

The purpose of this was to investigate the trends of research in music education through the analysis of articles in Update, JRME, CRME, and IJME published from 1992 to 2004, and to make some direction for the future development of music education research in Korea. The articles in the journals were classified according to research samples, research methodology, and subject areas in music education. Major conclusions drawn from the findings are as follows: First, the samples were very diverse and evenly distributed based on age range and school level. Second, the research was applied various, scientific, and systematic research methodology. Third, the subject area in research was very diverse and the topics were very specific.