Engaging Musical Practices

Engaging Musical Practices

Author: Suzanne Louise Burton

Publisher: R&L Education

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 1607094371

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Engaging Musical Practices: A Sourcebook for Middle School General Music presents numerous ways to engage adolescents in active music making that is relevant to their lives so that they may be more apt to continue their involvement with music as a lifetime endeavor.


Fertile Ground in Middle Level General Music

Fertile Ground in Middle Level General Music

Author: Stephanie Cronenberg

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-11-22

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 1000466647

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Fertile Ground in Middle Level General Music guides music educators to inspire their middle level students (grades 5–8) to engage more deeply in the general music classroom, where students are given the opportunity to "try on" a range of roles: musician, composer, listener, and critic. The book outlines the Fertile Ground Framework, a teacher's aide for curricular decision-making that unites the middle level concept with the National Core Arts Standards while emphasizing the developmental needs and cultural identities of students. This resource-rich book provides teachers with an array of adaptable classroom support tools, including: Lesson sequences Activity ideas Teacher resources and worksheets "Do-Now" exercises Featuring the real-world perspectives of thirteen music educators, Fertile Ground in Middle Level General Music is both practical and theoretical, presenting methods for creating rich, inspiring learning environments in middle level general music classrooms of all shapes and sizes, and highlighting the unacknowledged strengths that already exist therein. Focused on the aim of motivating students to pursue lifelong music learning, this book helps instructors find joy and excitement in teaching a wide array of musical topics to diverse groups of middle level music students.


Middle School General Music

Middle School General Music

Author: Elizabeth Ann McAnally

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2016-04-06

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 1475814879

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Create a viable, meaningful program that will motivate your students and have them participating with enthusiasm with Middle School General Music: The Best Part of Your Day. A welcome guidebook for music teachers trying to navigate the sometimes turbulent waters of middle school general music, it offers strategies and lessons that have been created in the real world of general music by a practicing teacher. Revised and expanded to align with the National Core Arts Standards, each section of this second edition is full of tips and lessons to help middle schoolers develop a life-long love of music. From instructional units to composition projects, rhythm games to listening lessons, you’ll find plenty of ideas for working with young adolescents. An appendix of suggested resources steers you to materials appropriate for middle-level students. Bolster your program with the discussion about why general music is so vital in middle school. If your music classes feel like the perfect storm, let McAnally make them the best part of your day.


Teaching General Music

Teaching General Music

Author: Carlos R. Abril

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2016-01-06

Total Pages: 393

ISBN-13: 0199328129

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General music is informed by a variety of teaching approaches and methods. These pedagogical frameworks guide teachers in planning and implementing instruction. Established approaches to teaching general music must be understood, critically examined, and possibly re-imagined for their potential in school and community music education programs. Teaching General Music brings together the top scholars and practitioners in general music education to create a panoramic view of general music pedagogy and to provide critical lenses through which to view these frameworks. The collection includes an examination of the most prevalent approaches to teaching general music, including Dalcroze, Informal Learning, Interdisciplinary, Kodály, Music Learning Theory, Orff Schulwerk, Social Constructivism, and World Music Pedagogy. In addition, it provides critical analyses of general music and teaching systems, in light of the ways children around the world experience music in their lives. Rather than promoting or advocating for any single approach to teaching music, this book presents the various approaches in conversation with one another. Highlighting the perceived and documented benefits, limits, challenges, and potentials of each, Teaching General Music offers myriad lenses through which to re-read, re-think, and re-practice these approaches.


Integrating Music and Reading Instruction

Integrating Music and Reading Instruction

Author: Laura J. Andrews

Publisher: Rlpg/Galleys

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13:

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Addressing the important topic of the effects of music and reading integration on students' achievements and attitudes, this book presents twenty lessons for integrating selected music and reading concepts and skills. Designed for upper-elementary music and reading teachers, it provides specific materials and teaching techniques.


Strategies for Teaching Middle-level General Music

Strategies for Teaching Middle-level General Music

Author: June Hinckley

Publisher: Strategies for Teaching Series

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13:

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The purpose of the Strategies for Teaching series is to help music teachers implement the K-12 National Music Education Standards and MENC's Prekindergarten Standards. Hundreds of music teachers across the country participated in this project, the largest such participation in an MENC publishing endeavor. Each publication focuses on a specific curricular area and a particular level. Each includes teaching strategies based on the content and achievement standards, a preface and an introduction, and a resource list.


Teaching Music to Students with Special Needs

Teaching Music to Students with Special Needs

Author: Alice Hammel

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 0190665173

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Introduction -- The Communication Domain -- The Cognitive Domain -- The Behavioral Domain -- The Emotional Domain -- The Sensory Domain -- The Physical Domain -- Unit Plans – Conclusions


Culturally Responsive Teaching in Music Education

Culturally Responsive Teaching in Music Education

Author: Constance L. McKoy

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-02-12

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 1317600835

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Culturally Responsive Teaching in Music Education presents teaching methods that are responsive to how different culturally specific knowledge bases impact learning. It is a pedagogy that recognizes the importance of including students’ cultural references in all aspects of learning. Designed to be a supplementary resource for teachers of undergraduate and graduate music education courses, the book provides examples in the context of music education, with theories presented in Section I and a review of teaching applications in Section II. Culturally Responsive Teaching in Music Education is an effort to answer the question: How can I teach music to my students in a way that is culturally responsive? This book serves several purposes, by: • Offering theoretical/philosophical frameworks of social justice • Providing practical examples of transferring theory into practice in music education • Illustrating culturally responsive pedagogy within the classroom • Demonstrating the connection of culturally responsive teaching to the school and larger community


General Music

General Music

Author: Carlos R. Abril

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2022-07-15

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 0197509045

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General Music: Dimensions of Practice is a practical guide for music teachers and teaching artists who strive to teach music holistically. The book begins by framing general music as a holistic music education that is comprehensive, meaningful, and relevant to diverse learners in school and community settings. It is followed by chapters that are organized into one of four dimensions of music practice: performing, connecting, creating, and responding. Chapter authors share creative and innovative teaching ideas, for both elementary and secondary school students, that focus on a wide range of topics, including: songwriting, composing, improvising, singing, moving, playing, listening, analyzing, contextualizing, and connecting. Each chapter provides (a) a rationale for a given area of music study, establishing its importance and relevance; (b) a research or theoretical background, to inform and guide practice; and (c) a pedagogical model or framework illustrated through lesson ideas, curriculum units, or vignettes. The ideas in this book seek to inspire and guide teachers as they build comprehensive music programs that are informed by students and communities.


Growing Musicians

Growing Musicians

Author: Bridget Sweet

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 0199372071

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Growing Musicians: Teaching Music in Middle School and Beyond focuses on teaching adolescents within the context of a music classroom. It considers the impact of music education on adolescents as they transition from child to adult as well as encourages music educators to mindfully examine their own teaching practice.