
Engaging Musical Practices for Elementary General Music
A Sourcebook
Bloomsbury Academic (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Will be published approx. on 4. March 2027
Book
Paperback/Softback
312 pages
979-8-7651-5063-4 (ISBN)
Description
Fresh perspective on topics that cut across all interactions with K-5th grade music learners.
This 2nd edition provides new directions for pedagogy and evidenced-based practice in elementary general music that resonate with today's students and how they engage with music. It includes several new chapters that address:
- curriculum and assessment
- technology and vernacular musicianship
- inclusive vocal development and choral singing
- culturally informed practices and pedagogy
- supporting students with disability and ability differences
- future landscape of elementary general music
Concise and essential, this edited volume supports music teachers as they navigate a new landscape of education and develop intercultural competence through culturally sensitive practices. Understanding the past, current, and forecasted landscape of K-5 elementary education, traditional and emerging models and structures of music education are highlighted. With a multifaceted, holistic view of current pedagogies and practice, chapters facilitate students' active musicking with many forms of musical expression readily accessible for the classroom. The content is carefully curated to support, nurture, facilitate, and advance children's artistic literacy and lifelong engagement with music.
This 2nd edition is a valuable resource for college methods courses and instructors, preservice music teachers, and practitioners.
This 2nd edition provides new directions for pedagogy and evidenced-based practice in elementary general music that resonate with today's students and how they engage with music. It includes several new chapters that address:
- curriculum and assessment
- technology and vernacular musicianship
- inclusive vocal development and choral singing
- culturally informed practices and pedagogy
- supporting students with disability and ability differences
- future landscape of elementary general music
Concise and essential, this edited volume supports music teachers as they navigate a new landscape of education and develop intercultural competence through culturally sensitive practices. Understanding the past, current, and forecasted landscape of K-5 elementary education, traditional and emerging models and structures of music education are highlighted. With a multifaceted, holistic view of current pedagogies and practice, chapters facilitate students' active musicking with many forms of musical expression readily accessible for the classroom. The content is carefully curated to support, nurture, facilitate, and advance children's artistic literacy and lifelong engagement with music.
This 2nd edition is a valuable resource for college methods courses and instructors, preservice music teachers, and practitioners.
More details
Series
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
13 b/w images; 17 tables
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
421 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-7651-5063-4 (9798765150634)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Suzanne L. Burton is Professor of Music Education in the School of Music and Director of the Partnership for Arts and Culture at the University of Delaware, USA.
Alison M. Reynolds is Professor Emeritus of Music Education, and former chair of the Department of Music Education and Therapy, Presser Center for Research and Creativity in Music, in the Boyer College of Music and Dance at Temple University, USA.
Alison M. Reynolds is Professor Emeritus of Music Education, and former chair of the Department of Music Education and Therapy, Presser Center for Research and Creativity in Music, in the Boyer College of Music and Dance at Temple University, USA.
Content
Acknowledgements
1. Beginnings (Elizabeth Cassidy Parker)
2. A Culture of One, A Culture of Many (Suzanne N. Hall)
3. Teaching Multicultural Folk Dances (Karen Howard)
4. Engaging Movement Practices for Young Musicians: Four Perspectives (Wendy H. Valerio)
5. Voices Growing Strong: Musicianship, Identity, and Connection in Elementary Choir (Aimee D. Pearsall-Kramer)
6. Every Voice Belongs: Inclusive Vocal Development (Dustin S. Cates and Whitney Covalle)
7. Audiation-Based Improvisation and Composition in Elementary General Music (Heather Nelson Shouldice)
8. Sound, Syllables, & Symbols: A Process Approach to Music Literacy (Suzanne L. Burton)
9. R(evolution) of Elementary General Music through Music Technology and Modern Band (David Dockan and Kevin Longwill)
10. Supporting Students with Disabilities and Ability Differences in Elementary General Music (Karen Salvador and Mara E. Culp)
11. Curriculum and Assessment (Joanne Rutkowski and Christina Svec)
12. Professional Learning for the Elementary General Music Teacher (Ann Marie Stanley
and Alden H. Snell II)
13. Future Forward: Music Education in a Changing World (Sarah Hodgman and Thomas Hodgman)
About the Editors
About the Authors
1. Beginnings (Elizabeth Cassidy Parker)
2. A Culture of One, A Culture of Many (Suzanne N. Hall)
3. Teaching Multicultural Folk Dances (Karen Howard)
4. Engaging Movement Practices for Young Musicians: Four Perspectives (Wendy H. Valerio)
5. Voices Growing Strong: Musicianship, Identity, and Connection in Elementary Choir (Aimee D. Pearsall-Kramer)
6. Every Voice Belongs: Inclusive Vocal Development (Dustin S. Cates and Whitney Covalle)
7. Audiation-Based Improvisation and Composition in Elementary General Music (Heather Nelson Shouldice)
8. Sound, Syllables, & Symbols: A Process Approach to Music Literacy (Suzanne L. Burton)
9. R(evolution) of Elementary General Music through Music Technology and Modern Band (David Dockan and Kevin Longwill)
10. Supporting Students with Disabilities and Ability Differences in Elementary General Music (Karen Salvador and Mara E. Culp)
11. Curriculum and Assessment (Joanne Rutkowski and Christina Svec)
12. Professional Learning for the Elementary General Music Teacher (Ann Marie Stanley
and Alden H. Snell II)
13. Future Forward: Music Education in a Changing World (Sarah Hodgman and Thomas Hodgman)
About the Editors
About the Authors