Teaching Music Creatively

ISBN-13: 9781138187184 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 206 str.

Pam Burnard; Regina Murphy

Opis

Fully updated in light of the latest research and practice in primary education, Teaching Music Creatively offers all teachers a comprehensive understanding of how to develop, deliver and enjoy a creative music curriculum. It is inspired by the belief that all those concerned with primary education have a deep interest in creativity and supports teachers in developing the confidence to teach and celebrate creative music teaching throughout school. With groundbreaking contributions from international experts in the field, it offers well-tested strategies for developing children's musical creativity, knowledge, skills and understanding. This edition includes a brand new chapter on teaching interculturally, showing how children can reach their full creative potential and not be constrained by cultural stereotyping. 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 ■ Assessment and planning. Teaching Music Creatively is packed with practical, innovative ideas for teaching music in a lively and imaginative way, together with the theory and background necessary to develop a comprehensive understanding of creative teaching methods. It is an invaluable resource for all those training to become primary school teachers, as well as practicing teachers looking for support and inspiration and undergraduate students of music and education.

Spis treści

1. Teaching music creatively  2. Sounding children's (inter-)cultural practices through musical play  3. Engaging interactively with children's group improvisations  4. Children composing: creating communities of musical practice  5. Becoming performers: creating participatory spaces collaboratively  6. Singing the primary curriculum  7. Exploring new media musically and creatively  8. Enhancing creativity through listening to music  9. Celebrating children's invented notations  10. Integrating music in the primary curriculum  11. Assessing creatively  12. Using a whole-music approach creatively  13. Teaching music interculturally: Posing questions, creating possibilities  14. Teaching music creatively in creative learning communities