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Musical Childhoods is a culmination of more than a decade of
research driven by the fact that music has been neglected in early
childhood programs in favour of literacy and numeracy. Recent
research has identified a connection between academic performance
and musical programs and this has given music a renewed status in
many schools. This book promotes the idea of children's competence
in the use of the language of music and argues that all children
have a right to participate in musical discovery and celebrates
children's engagement with meaningful and disparate experiences in
music. Written by leading practitioners and researchers in the
field, this book seeks to reaffirm children's communicative
competence when exposed to high quality musical experience, provide
new perspectives on children's ability to engage with music in many
diverse forms and explore and promote the role of the musician as
an artist and teacher. The book is structured into three parts: The
theoretical overview The children, the musicians and the music The
research through the eyes of the protagonist and looking into the
future Early childhood students, researchers and academics with a
specific interest in music and musicality will find this an
insightful read.
Musical Childhoods is a culmination of more than a decade of
research driven by the fact that music has been neglected in early
childhood programs in favour of literacy and numeracy. Recent
research has identified a connection between academic performance
and musical programs and this has given music a renewed status in
many schools. This book promotes the idea of children's competence
in the use of the language of music and argues that all children
have a right to participate in musical discovery and celebrates
children's engagement with meaningful and disparate experiences in
music. Written by leading practitioners and researchers in the
field, this book seeks to reaffirm children's communicative
competence when exposed to high quality musical experience, provide
new perspectives on children's ability to engage with music in many
diverse forms and explore and promote the role of the musician as
an artist and teacher. The book is structured into three parts: The
theoretical overview The children, the musicians and the music The
research through the eyes of the protagonist and looking into the
future Early childhood students, researchers and academics with a
specific interest in music and musicality will find this an
insightful read.
This book explores the narratives of a group of four-year-old
children in a composition project in an Australian early learning
centre. The participants, centre staff and a composer, Stephen
Leek, contributed a number of music sessions for the children,
including five original songs. The book showcases young children's
communicative ability and sensitivity to wider issues. The staff in
the centre have a strongly voiced philosophy that is enacted
through arts-based pedagogy and incorporates significant themes
including a respect for Aboriginal culture and custodial
responsibility towards a sustainable future for the earth. Examples
of adult and children's ideas are illustrated through music making,
singing, dancing, words, drawings and paintings, which provide
insights into a world where children are viewed as active citizens
and the arts have rights. The book describes the context of the
centre, the history of projects and details one project as an
example of "lifeworthy learning".
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