Teaching music creatively / Pam Burnard and Regina Murphy, with Emily Akuno, James Biddulph, Deborah Blair, Jenny Boyack, Marcelo Giglio, Gillian Howell, Kathryn Marsh, Alex Ruthmann, Rena Upitis, and Jane Wheeler.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Learning to teach in the primary school seriesPublisher: New York : Routledge, 2013Description: xix, 183 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780415656054 (hbk)
  • 0415656052 (hbk)
  • 9780415656061 (pbk)
  • 0415656060 (pbk)
  • 0203489039 (electronic bk.)
  • 9780203489031 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • MT 1 .B866 2013
Contents:
Teaching music creatively / Pamela Burnard -- Exploring children's musical play / Kathryn Marsh -- Engaging interactively with children's group improvisations / Pamela Burnard with Jenny Boyack -- Children composing: creating communities of musical practice / Pamela Burnard with Jenny Boyack and Gillian Howell -- Becoming performers: creating participatory spaces collaboratively / Pamela Burnard with Emily Okuno, Jenny Boyack, Gillian Howell, Deborah Blair and Marcelo Giglio -- Singing the primary curriculum / James Biddulph and Jane Wheeler -- Exploring new media musically and creatively / Alex Ruthmann -- Enhancing creativity through listening to music / Regina Murphy -- Celebrating children's invented notations / Rena Upitis -- Integrating music in the primary curriculum / Regina Murphy -- Assessing creatively / Regina Murphy -- Using a whole-music approach creatively / Rena Upitis -- Conclusion: final thoughts / Pamela Burnard.
Summary: Offering a brand new approach to teaching music in the primary classroom, Teaching Music Creatively provides training and qualified teachers with a comprehensive understanding of how to effectively deliver a creative music curriculum. Exploring research-informed teaching ideas, diverse practices and approaches to music teaching, the authors offer well-tested strategies for developing children's musical creativity, knowledge, skills and understanding. With ground-breaking contributions from international experts in the field, this book presents a unique set of perspectives on music teaching. Key topics covered include: creative teaching, and what it means to teach creatively; composition, listening and notation; spontaneous music-making; group music and performance; the use of multimedia; integration of music into the wider curriculum; musical play; cultural diversity; assessment and planning. Packed with practical, innovative ideas for teaching music in a lively and creative way, together with the theory and background necessary to develop a comprehensive understanding of creative teaching methods, Teaching Music Creatively is an invaluable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students in initial teacher training, practising teachers, and undergraduate students of music and education.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-177) and index.

Teaching music creatively / Pamela Burnard -- Exploring children's musical play / Kathryn Marsh -- Engaging interactively with children's group improvisations / Pamela Burnard with Jenny Boyack -- Children composing: creating communities of musical practice / Pamela Burnard with Jenny Boyack and Gillian Howell -- Becoming performers: creating participatory spaces collaboratively / Pamela Burnard with Emily Okuno, Jenny Boyack, Gillian Howell, Deborah Blair and Marcelo Giglio -- Singing the primary curriculum / James Biddulph and Jane Wheeler -- Exploring new media musically and creatively / Alex Ruthmann -- Enhancing creativity through listening to music / Regina Murphy -- Celebrating children's invented notations / Rena Upitis -- Integrating music in the primary curriculum / Regina Murphy -- Assessing creatively / Regina Murphy -- Using a whole-music approach creatively / Rena Upitis -- Conclusion: final thoughts / Pamela Burnard.

Offering a brand new approach to teaching music in the primary classroom, Teaching Music Creatively provides training and qualified teachers with a comprehensive understanding of how to effectively deliver a creative music curriculum. Exploring research-informed teaching ideas, diverse practices and approaches to music teaching, the authors offer well-tested strategies for developing children's musical creativity, knowledge, skills and understanding. With ground-breaking contributions from international experts in the field, this book presents a unique set of perspectives on music teaching. Key topics covered include: creative teaching, and what it means to teach creatively; composition, listening and notation; spontaneous music-making; group music and performance; the use of multimedia; integration of music into the wider curriculum; musical play; cultural diversity; assessment and planning. Packed with practical, innovative ideas for teaching music in a lively and creative way, together with the theory and background necessary to develop a comprehensive understanding of creative teaching methods, Teaching Music Creatively is an invaluable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students in initial teacher training, practising teachers, and undergraduate students of music and education.

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