When music goes to school : perspectives on learning and teaching / Danette Littleton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Littleton, Danette, 1942- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School music--Instruction and study.

School music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (174 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book aims to disclose a deeper understanding of music's importance in children's lives and their need to know, explore, wonder, and play. Directed toward music teachers, teacher educators, and scholars, this text invites inquiries and provides insights into contemporary challenges to learning and teaching in an era of standardization.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; Notes; Introduction; Chapter One: Individualism; Lessons from the Young People's Concerts: Improvisation; Listening to Music with Imagination and Understanding; Discovering Music through Animation; Discovering Music through Opera; Playing with Mozart; Music in Context: Setting the Scene; Musical Connections; Final Thoughts on Repertoire and Resources; Follow the Children; Notes; Chapter Two: Imagination; Problem Seeking: The Play Factor; Observational Studies: Free Play with Music; Primary Source: The Pillsbury Studies

Music Setting, Instruments, and MaterialsTheories of Children's Play; Cultural Perspectives of Play; Aesthetic Perspectives of Play; Historical Perspectives of Play; A Genius at Play; The Nature of Nurturing; Mother-Infant Music Play; Children's Cognitive Music-Play Behaviors; Children's Social Music-Play Behaviors; Pedagogy and Play; Rigging the Play Environment; "Why Can't We Play?"; Notes; Chapter Three: Originality; Being with Children: Child Watching; Goodness of Children; Influences of Great Educators; Ecology of Learning; Pedagogy of Culture; When Children Hurt

Pedagogy of Possibility: Setting the EnvironmentPedagogy of Possibility: Customizing the Curriculum; Drum Talk, Not People Talk; Music of Mother Africa; Finding Your Way; Postscript; Notes; Chapter Four: Inventiveness; Musical Teaching; Musical Authenticity; Musical Repertoire; Musical Instruments; Ideas, Procedures, and Materials for Instruction; Ideas, Procedures, and Materials for Instruction; Ideas, Procedures, and Materials for Instruction; Ideas, Procedures, and Materials for Thematic Instruction; Musical Evaluation and Assessment; When Children Sing

Unwelcome Incidents in the ClassroomMaking Music Rules That Matter; Notes; Chapter Five: Perspectives; The New Normal; Teaching Music under New Rules; Toward Constructing Curriculum; The Big Picture; Education for the Twenty-First Century; Postscript; Notes; Epilogue; Note; Postscript; Bibliography; Works Cited; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-24863-7

1-4758-1336-8