Supporting Musical Development In The Early Years
1st Edition
Published on 1. November 2002
170 pages
978-0-335-24709-7 (ISBN)
Description
A practical guide for parents, teachers and other early years practitioners who are concerned with young children's musical development.
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Linda Pound | Chris Harrison
Supporting Musical Development in the Early Years
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11/2002
Open University Press
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Content
- Front Cover
- Half title page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Contents page
- Series editors' preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part 1 Musical behaviour
- 1 Born musical?
- Born gifted?
- Born musical?
- Music: a fundamental human activity
- Conclusion
- 2 Musical development
- What counts as music?
- Factors influencing development
- Views of children as learners
- What do we know about children's musical development?
- Creative development
- Gifted and talented
- Conclusion
- Part 2 Music in education
- 3 The music curriculum
- Music as a language
- Improvisation: the 'talk' of music
- Aspects of the curriculum
- The statutory curriculum
- Evaluating approaches to music education
- Conclusion
- 4 Music as a tool for learning
- Cognitive development
- Music across the curriculum
- Personal, social and emotional development
- Communication, language and literacy
- Creative development
- Mathematical development
- Physical development
- Knowledge and understanding of the world
- Conclusion
- Part 3 The role of adults
- 5 Creating a musical environment
- A language-rich environment
- A music-rich environment
- Creating a musical atmosphere
- An environment to support music learning
- The environment and the curriculum
- Conclusion
- 6 Intervention and support
- Developing confidence in ourselves as musicians
- Observing children
- Identifying musically gifted children
- Planning
- Integrating the three types of activity
- Assessing, recording and evaluating learning
- Supportive parents and carers
- Inclusion
- Conclusion
- Conclusion
- Resources
- References
- Index
- Back cover
