Engaging Musical Practices: A Sourcebook for Middle School General Music - Hardcover

Suzanne Burton

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1475851251 ISBN 13: 9781475851250

Publisher: National Association for Music Education (NAfME), 2021

Synopsis

Inspire and involve your adolescent students in active music-making with this second edition of Engaging Musical Practices: A Sourcebook for Middle School General Music. A practical and accessible resource, fourteen chapters lay out pedagogically sound practices for preservice and inservice music teachers. Beginning with adolescent development, authors outline clear, pedagogical steps for the creation of an inclusive curriculum that is age-appropriate age-relevant, and standards-based. You will find timely chapters on singing and playing instruments such as guitar, keyboard, ukulele, drumming and percussion. Other chapters address ways to make music with technology, strategies for students with exceptionalities, and the construction of instruments. Further, there are chapters on songwriting, interdisciplinary creative projects, co-creating musicals, infusing general music into the choral classroom, and standards-based assessment. The book is full of musical examples, sample rubrics, and resource lists. This second edition of Engaging Musical Practices: A Sourcebook for Middle School General Music is a necessity for any practitioner who teaches music to adolescent students or as a text for secondary general music methods courses.

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About the Author

Suzanne L. Burton is Associate Dean for the Arts and Professor of Music Education at the University of Delaware. Her scholarly interests include music teacher preparation and professional learning, music acquisition, music literacy, and technology in early childhood music.

Edition details

• Publisher: National Association for Music Education (NAfME)
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1475851251
• ISBN 13: 9781475851250
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 280