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Informationen zum Autor Danette Littleton is a former professor of music education and elementary school music teacher. She lectures and writes on children's musical development, specifically the relationship between music learning and play. Klappentext This book aims to disclose a deeper understanding of music's importance in children's lives and their need to know, explore, wonder, and play. Directed toward music teachers, teacher educators, and scholars, this text invites inquiries and provides insights into contemporary challenges to learning and teaching in an era of standardization. Zusammenfassung This book aims to disclose a deeper understanding of music’s importance in children’s lives and their need to know, explore, wonder, and play. Directed toward music teachers, teacher educators, and scholars, this text invites inquiries and provides insights into contemporary challenges to learning and teaching in an era of standardization. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface: A Child's Mind is a Terrible Thing to StandardizeIntroduction: Toward Individualism, Imagination, and Inventiveness Essay 1: Individualism: A Curriculum of One Firsthand Perspectives on Learning and Teaching MusicDiscovering MusicPlaying with MozartMusic in ContextRepertoire and ResourcesFollow the Children Essay 2: Imagination: The Musical Culture of Children's PlayProblem Seeking: The Play Factor Observational Studies: Free Play with MusicPrimary Source: The Pillsbury StudiesMusic Setting, Instruments, and MaterialsTheories of Children's PlayCultural Perspectives of PlayAesthetic Perspectives of Play Historical Perspectives of Play The Nature of NurturingMother-Infant Music PlayChildren's Cognitive Music Play BehaviorsChildren's Social Music Play BehaviorsPedagogy and Play "Why Can't We Play?" Essay 3: Originality: Voices of ChildrenChildhood's Markers and TalismansNeotenous Traits of the ChildThe Goodness of ChildrenInfluences of Great Educators Ecology of Learning Pedagogy of CultureWhen Children Hurt Pedagogy of PossibilityFinding Your Way Essay 4: Inventiveness: Making Meaningful Music with ChildrenMusical Teaching Music Repertoire Music InstrumentsA Music Lesson Plan FormatIdeas, Procedures, and Materials for Instruction: Shiver Me Timbres!Ideas, Procedures, and Materials for Instruction: American Indian Legends, Songs, Drums, and Dances: Dancing Drums and Singing ClayIdeas, Procedures, and Materials for Instruction: American Composer George Gershwin, A Jazzy ClassicIdeas, Procedures, and Materials for Thematic InstructionMusical Evaluation and AssessmentWhen Children Sing Unwelcome Incidents in the ClassroomMaking Music Classroom Rules that Matter Essay 5: Perspectives: Voices of TeachersTeaching Music Under New Rules1994 National Standards for Music2014 Common Core Standards for MusicToward Constructing CurriculumThe Big Picture Education for the 21st-Century Epilogue: On the Cusp of PossibilityBibliographyWorks Cited Index...
