The Musical Classroom: Backgrounds, Models, and Skills for Elementary Teaching - Softcover

Hackett, Patricia; Lindeman, Carolynn A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131346032 ISBN 13: 9780131346031

Publisher: Taylor & Francis, 2006

Synopsis

Assuming little or no musical background, this book demonstrates how music works–and how to convey this understanding to others. It helps learners develop skills in teaching music while offering them introductory experiences in playing and reading music. KEY TOPICS The book features over 170 songs, information on learning instruments, and sample lessons. Presented in a non-technical, user-friendly manner, Section I introduces music in the elementary school, the elements of music, music-making activities, curricular approaches and developments, the eclectic world of music, and how to plan and assess music learning. The instrumental instruction section provides information about playing Autoharp, guitar, baritone ukulele, piano, and soprano recorder, as well as information about the singing voice. It features descriptions of hand and body positions, fingerings, and strums, including keyboard drawings, chord frames, tuning instructions, and fingering charts; lists specific songs that may be used in learning to play each instrument individually or in large or small groups. For individuals teaching or preparing to teach music.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Assuming no musical background, this text provides a fundamental understanding of how music works and demonstrates how to convey this understanding to others. Coverage develops skills in teaching music while offering introductory experiences in playing and reading music.

From the Back Cover:

With the help of The Musical Classroom, students can develop the understandings and skills they need to teach elementary school music. This market-leading text is a comprehensive resource providing backgrounds for teaching music and learning instruments and music fundamentals. It offers forty-eight model experiences for teaching music (kindergarten through grade five), and a song anthology of over 140 songs.

Special features in the Fifth Edition:

• A CD of fifty-nine songs and instrumental pieces used in the forty-eight model lessons
• National Standards for Music Education listed on the inside back cover of the book
• Extensive resource list categorized by topics such as advocacy, jazz, movement, Orff-Schulwerk, Web sites and ten others
• Updated information on technology and music software, special learners, and elementary music series
• Numerous independent, small, and large group projects for college students to create their own lessons, use the National Standards for Music Education, evaluate music software, assess instructional materials, and much, much more.

About this edition

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0131346032
• ISBN 13: 9780131346031
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Number of pages: 455