Growing Musicians - Teaching Music in Middle School and Beyond (Paperback)

Growing Musicians: Teaching Music in Middle School and Beyond focuses on teaching adolescents within the context of a music classroom, regardless of content area (orchestra, band, choir, or general music). It provides a look at the importance of music courses in the lives of adolescents as they navigate the path between being a child and an adult. As every music student is completely unique, there is no one-size-fits-all prescriptive way of working with this age group. Rather, music educators must approach adolescents with high musical standards and aspirations to learn and achieve within music; a willingness to honor the individuality of each adolescent musician; a sense of structure, but an ability to be flexible; a desire to foster and promote a safe classroom environment where students feel empowered to be themselves and speak openly about what they think and believe; an understanding that music classes are not only safe places where students learn how to become better musicians but also better people through musical experiences focused on humanity and empathy; and a dose of humor, or at least the ability to acknowledge that adolescents are extremely funny whether or not they realize it. In addition, this book encourages pre-service and practicing music educators to mindfully examine and better understand their own teaching practices.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2016
Authors:	Bridget Sweet (Assistant Professor of Music Education)
Dimensions:	233 x 159 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-937207-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching of a specific subject Books > Children's & Educational > The arts > Music > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Schools > Secondary schools > General Books > Children's Fiction & Fun
LSN:	0-19-937207-1
Barcode:	9780199372072

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