Meryl Stacey Sole
· Adjunct Assistant ProfessorVerifiedColumbia University · Arts & Humanities
Active 2016–2025
About
Meryl Stacey Sole is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University. She is affiliated with the Arts & Humanities division, specifically within the Music and Music Education faculty. Her office is located at 3283 HMann, and she holds office hours on Tuesdays from 3:30 to 5 pm. Her contact number is 212-678-3283. The profile indicates her expertise in music education, and she is involved in teaching and academic activities related to this field at Teachers College.
Research topics
- Sociology
- Epistemology
- Social psychology
- Art
- History
- Aesthetics
- Pedagogy
- Visual arts
- Genealogy
- Linguistics
- Psychology
Selected publications
2025-06-12
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book-chapterSenior authorChapter 5 introduces an artful research process and proposes a new system of purpose and procedures to investigate children's spontaneous experiences of spirituality. The myth of Ariadne's thread and the ancient and contemporary customs of the labyrinth inspired us to weave our narrative portraits.
2025-06-12
book-chapter1st authorCorrespondingChapter 7 expands on fieldwork observations of children in secular and sacred settings. Narratives are categorized according to the spiritual interconnectedness among children, peers, families, and communities. Like colorful patches in a quilt, the vignettes form a virtual quilt that becomes a model for researchers, teachers, parents, and others seeking to understand the elusive nature of children's spirituality.
2025-06-12
book-chapterSenior authorChapter 13 presents a conversation between the authors, reflecting on the pilgrimage that produced this book. Together, we discuss issues and themes that shaped our work. Ours is a story of spiritual transcendence, discernment, acquired knowledge, and understanding of each other and children.
2025-06-12
book-chapterSenior authorThe Introduction explores children's being and ways of knowing as we seek to understand spirituality in children's lives. We review landmark research on childhood spirituality and offer a new perspective, a paradigm shift toward understanding children's inner lives. The Introduction concludes by showing details of our original phenomenological research, in which we observed children expressing their spirituality through music, dance, image, and story engagements.
2025-06-12
bookSenior author2025-06-12
book-chapter1st authorCorrespondingChapter 6 presents a study of one child's spiritual pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Observational data collected through participant-observer recordings were transcribed into rich descriptive stories and vignettes framed by the tenets of the ancient Jewish mystical traditions known as Kabbalah.
2025-06-12
book-chapter1st authorCorrespondingChapter 12 provides applications of the concepts presented throughout our book. Activities that correspond to: Exploring Your Inner World, Responding to Music, Childhood Memories of Awe, Self-Discovery Poetry, Belonging to the Natural World, Intuition: Invisible Threads, Spiritual Mirrors, Patchworks and Portraits, Observing Children's Spirituality, Walking the Labyrinth, A Faith Like Yours, Children's Stories of Kinship and Goodwill Across Culture and Faith, Connecting With the Divine, Communal Resource List to Support Children's Spirituality, and Artistic Expression and Sacred Practice through Stories/Myths of Creation in A Multi-Session Workshop. We encourage our readers to explore these ideas independently or with others and adapt them for children, youth, and adults.
Oxford University Press eBooks · 2023-11-20
book-chapter1st authorCorrespondingAbstract Music is a powerful tool that supports children as they navigate through toddlerhood, an intense developmental period of transformation. In this chapter, the author analyzes toddlers’ private pre-sleep vocalizations called “crib songs” (Sole, 2014/2017) to gain insight into the impact of daily musical practices and exchanges. In their everyday lives, toddlers’ experiences and musical moments are shaped by “voices of influence”: parents, caregivers, teachers, and musical environments. Data shared in this chapter include fully improvised crib songs sung about parents and reflections of musical sharing with caregivers, teachers, and peers. Additionally, the crib song examples highlight musical influences from toddlers’ diverse musical surroundings that are shaped by access to technology. By offering glimpses into a few toddlers’ private musical worlds, we may begin to understand how music supports musical and social-emotional development as well as the impact that musical parenting has on raising children and building and sustaining relationships.
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers eBooks · 2023-01-01
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Frequent coauthors
- 26 shared
Paula Schaiquevich
Centro Científico Tecnológico - San Juan
- 16 shared
María Clausse
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
- 12 shared
Guillermo Chantada
- 11 shared
Pablo Nejamkin
Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires
- 10 shared
Ruth E. Rosenstein
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
- 9 shared
A. Marcelo
Centro Científico Tecnológico - Tandil
- 8 shared
Pablo H. Sande
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
- 8 shared
Ursula Winter
Centro Científico Tecnológico - San Juan
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