Transformational Piano Teaching

1. The Piano Teacher as a Mentor: An Introduction 2. Teaching Gifted Students -What Is Giftedness? -Gifted Students In The Piano Studio -Ability Grouping -Establishing An Effective Learning Environment For Gifted Students -Creating An Effective Emotional Environment For Gifted Students -Supporting Gifted Females 3. Teaching Adult Pianists -Motivation in Adult Pianists -Challenges Faced By Adult Learners -Strategies for Teaching Adult Pianists -The Benefits of Piano Study for Adults 4. Meeting The Needs of the Recreational Student -A History Of Recreational Music Making -Recreational Music Making Research 5. Working With Pianists With Depression -Recognizing Depression -How Common Is Depression In Children -Symptoms Of Childhood Depression -Suicide -What Causes Depression? -Effective And Appropriate Teacher Interventions 6. Working With Pianists With High Functioning Autism -Research In Autism Instruction -Designing Teaching Strategies Based On Research -Applied Behavior Analysis And Discrete Trial Training -TEACCH Method -Wings Mentor Program -Scope and Sequence 7. Working With Pianists with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder -Subcategories of ADHD -Possible causes of ADHD -Symptoms of ADHD -Diagnosing ADHD in Children -Diagnosing ADHD in Adults -Treating ADHD -The Role of Parents and Teachers in the Treatment of ADHD -Helping a Child With ADHD Thrive At Home -Teaching Students With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder -Making Expectations Concise and Clear 8. Teaching Undergraduate Pianists -The Art of Teaching Undergraduates -Strategies For Undergraduate Lectures -Helping Undergraduates Develop Critical Thinking Skills -Opportunities For Active Learning -Models of Evaluation -Modeling Enthusiasm For Academia -Maintaining a Safe And Professional Relationship -Learner Self-Responsibility 9. Mentoring Graduate Student Pianists -A Brief History Of Graduate Education -The Role Of Mentor -The Benefits Of Mentoring Graduate Students -The Responsibilities Of The Mentor -Best Practices For Mentors -Establishing A Mentoring Relationship -A Relationship That Is Both Professional And Personal -Mentoring Graduate Students In A Diverse Academy 10. Working With International Student Pianists -Designing Instruction For International Students -Academic Integrity And The International Student 11. What Can We Learn From Some Of History's Great Piano Teachers? -Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach -Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -Carl Czerny -Franz Liszt -Josef Lhevinne -Rosina Lhevinne -Adele Marcus -Leon Fleisher -Russell Sherman -Great Teachers Balance Technique and Music 12. Bringing It All Together: Your Studio as a Diverse Set of Individuals -Societal Diversity In The Piano Studio -Diverse Piano Personalities -The Diversity of Human Development 13. The Motivated And Inspired Piano Teacher -Piano Teacher Training -Continuing Education For Piano Teachers