TY - BOOK AU - Burnard,Pamela AU - Murphy,Regina AU - Akuno,Emily Achieng' AU - Biddulph,James AU - VanderLinde,Deborah AU - Boyack,Jenny AU - Giglio,Marcelo AU - Howell,Gill AU - Marsh,Kathryn AU - Ruthmann,Alex AU - Upitis,Rena Brigit AU - Wheeler,Jane TI - Teaching music creatively T2 - The learning to teach in primary school series SN - 9780415656054 (hbk) AV - MT 1 .B866 2013 PY - 2013/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - School music KW - Instruction and study KW - Education, Primary KW - fast N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -