What values should form the foundation of music education? And once we decide on those values, how do we ensure we are acting on them? In Values and Music Education, esteemed author Estelle R. Jorgensen explores how values apply to the practice of music education. We may declare values, but they can be hard to see in action. Jorgensen examines nine quartets of related values and offers readers a roadmap for thinking constructively and critically about the values they hold. In doing so, she takes a broad view of both music and education while drawing on a wide sweep of multidisciplinary literature. Not only does Jorgensen demonstrate an analytical and dialectical philosophical approach to examining values, but she also seeks to show how theoretical and practical issues are interconnected. An important addition to the field of music education, Values and Music Education highlights values that have been forgotten or marginalized, underscores those that seem perennial, and illustrates how values can be double-edged swords.

(Music Sales America). Easy duets for descant recorders, ranging from Brahms to the blues, to encourage the learning of new notes and rhythms. Suitable for two players or class ensembles, with piano accompaniments in the teachers' books. Ideal for use alongside the Recorder from the Beginning instructional series. Contents: Ade, Zur Guten Nacht * Arima Samba * Berceuse * Carman's Whistle * Churchill's March * Cielito Lindo * Cossack Dance * Cradle Song * Crombie's Boogie * Czech Polka * Drink to Me Only * Gay Gordons * Little Mazurka * March (Scipio) * O Waly, Waly * Plaisir d'Amour * Polka for Paula * Pretty Pena * Portugese Dance * Ragtime * Santa Lucia * Spring * Star of County Down * The Saints * Waltz.

Each of the songs in 21 Fun Songs to Teach French Phonics is based on a different phoneme from the French language. This allows you to provide a specific phonic focus for your lesson. However, the lyrics have also been written with the primary MFL curriculum in mind, and so you will find a wealth of age-appropriate, frequently used vocabulary and phrases. This will allow you to integrate the songs into any scheme of work or topic, as well as to focus on French phonics. The songs can be used throughout key stages 1 and 2, and many would be appropriate for revision in Key Stage 3. Each song has a lyrics page, which doubles up as a colouring sheet, a worksheet and two audio tracks: one with vocals and one instrumental. The teaching notes offer some additional ideas on how to exploit the songs and possible extension work in the classroom and beyond. To make teaching the songs even easier, there are videos for each of the songs to get your pupils up on their feet, singing and dancing to the tunes. The wall chart and frieze make reinforcing phonic sounds on a regular basis easy. We are confident that you and your pupils will enjoy singing, dancing and moving to these catchy French songs. We hope that you will also see the benefits in their oral, writing, listening and reading skills and, above all, in their confidence and motivation to communicate in French.