An Attitude and Approach for Teaching Music to Special Learners - Hardcover

Sobol, Elise S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1475828403 ISBN 13: 9781475828405

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2017

Synopsis

An international handbook of inspirational wisdom for teaching music universally to enhance the learning potential in children of all ages, backgrounds, and capabilities, An Attitude and Approachfor Teaching Music to Special Learners is a most accessible relevant reference to facilitate lifelong student learning. Its usefulness is equally versatile for music educators and classroom teachers, administrators and curriculum designers, instructional leaders in higher education as well as for parents and caregivers. Backed by research and driven by author’s passionate commitment to affect a better global future for our children, text revisions include updates in educational law, criteria for designating disability categories, accommodations, standards, definitions, trends, and notice of the significant societal strides made in the visibility and educational expectations of our students with developmental disabilities including those with autism spectrum disorders. Classroom tested inclusive music teaching and critical thinking strategies impact student success across the curriculum to help students meet grade level expectations for English Language Arts, science, social studies, and mathematics.

About this title

Book Description:

"The book is certainly an important resource for all music educators dealing with students across the age and ability spectrum. The content is invaluable and its organization is an educator's dream. The material is communicated clearly, concisely, and logically, while the underlying principles are creative, based on experiential and measurable data. Above all, the book helps teachers deal with special learners in the most positive and realistic manner, always respecting the child or individual for his/her attributes and abilities."

About the Author:

Elise S. Sobol, Ed.D. Currently teaches special education courses in the music education departments of New York University Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, LIU -Post College of Arts, Communications and Design and Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music of the City University of New York. Recently retired from the Nassau BOCES Department of Special Education, Rosemary Kennedy School for Students with Autism and Developmental Disabilities, she combines over thirty-six years of experience preK-secondary in general and special education to readers here and abroad.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1475828403
• ISBN 13: 9781475828405
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 198