Thinking and Making: Selections from the writings of John Paynter on music in education (Oxford Music Education) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0193355914 ISBN 13: 9780193355910

Publisher: Oxford University Press Music, 2008

Synopsis

For many, John Paynter has been the most significant figure in music education in Britain and beyond over the past 50 years. He remains widely influential through his work and his many publications, some of which are hard to locate. This collection of seminal writings, selected in collaboration with a range of music educators, brings the ideas afresh to a new generation of teachers, and includes useful introductory notes by John Paynter. The collection embraces the core topics and values of music education and includes contributions from a range of publications, among them core text books and articles, as well writings hitherto published in Britain.

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About the Author

Dr Janet Mills (1954-2007) began her career teaching in a comprehensive school. She was a teacher educator at Westminster College in Oxford and the University of Exeter. Her work as an HM Inspector of Schools included the implementation of the first national system for inspecting Local Authority Instrumental Music Services. Mills was a Research Fellow at the Royal College of Music in London and in 2004 won a National Teaching Fellowship. She wrote several books, and many articles in books, magazines, and research journals. John Paynter (1931-2010) was known for his advocacy of composition as a basis for the school music curriculum. He was appointed Professor in the Department of Music at the University of York and became Head of Department in 1983. He directed the project Music in the Secondary School Curriculum which ultimately established regional music education centres. This work played a leading part in the formation of Music components in the National Curriculum and in GCSEs.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press Music
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0193355914
• ISBN 13: 9780193355910
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Mills Janet, Paynter John