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The Bloomsbury Curriculum Basics series provides non-specialist primary school teachers with subject knowledge and full teaching programmes in a variety of key primary curriculum subjects._______________
The ideal guide to planning the very best primary music lessons, for both new and experienced teachers.
Bloomsbury Curriculum Basics: Teaching Primary Music provides an easy-to-follow framework for all teachers - whatever your level of musical experience - to help you teach pupils to perform, listen to and most importantly enjoy music across a range of genres, styles and traditions. With tried-and-tested activities and lesson plans for Key Stages 1 and 2, this engaging guide will help you refresh your music teaching practice.
Experienced music practitioners Jimmy Rotheram and Andrew Davidson present ideas for singing games, instrumental play and activities to help pupils recognise musical features and perform music themselves, based on tried-and-tested techniques. From resourcing and planning to teaching lessons, this all-in-one guide covers all the curriculum requirements and is filled to the brim with activities and advice for creating and exploring music with your class.
Bloomsbury Curriculum Basics provide all the subject knowledge you need to deliver the primary curriculum with confidence. Written by experts, each book includes engaging lesson plans for teachers to implement in the classroom or across the whole school, together with key vocabulary, useful links, cross-curricular activities and much more.
About the author
Andrew Davidson is a theatre and music practitioner and educator based in London. Andrew has taught music at all levels, from early childhood to adult education, and has presented at conferences and workshops internationally. Andrew is a Teaching Fellow in Acting & Musical Theatre at the Guildford School of Acting (GSA), University of Surrey. He is the former Head of Dramatic Arts at the Australian Institute of Music (AIM), Sydney. Andrew is a graduate of Australia’s National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). He is a qualified teacher of Dalcroze Eurhythmics and the Kodály Concept of Music Education. He holds the Kodály Certificate (BKA), the Dalcroze Certificate (Dalcroze Australia), and the Dalcroze Licence (Longy School of Music, USA). As a dance accompanist, Andrew plays piano regularly for classes at The Place, London.
Summary
The Bloomsbury Curriculum Basics series provides non-specialist primary school teachers with subject knowledge and full teaching programmes in a variety of key primary curriculum subjects.
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The ideal guide to planning the very best primary music lessons, for both new and experienced teachers.
Bloomsbury Curriculum Basics: Teaching Primary Music provides an easy-to-follow framework for all teachers - whatever your level of musical experience - to help you teach pupils to perform, listen to and most importantly enjoy music across a range of genres, styles and traditions. With tried-and-tested activities and lesson plans for Key Stages 1 and 2, this engaging guide will help you refresh your music teaching practice.
Experienced music practitioners Jimmy Rotheram and Andrew Davidson present ideas for singing games, instrumental play and activities to help pupils recognise musical features and perform music themselves, based on tried-and-tested techniques. From resourcing and planning to teaching lessons, this all-in-one guide covers all the curriculum requirements and is filled to the brim with activities and advice for creating and exploring music with your class.
Bloomsbury Curriculum Basics provide all the subject knowledge you need to deliver the primary curriculum with confidence. Written by experts, each book includes engaging lesson plans for teachers to implement in the classroom or across the whole school, together with key vocabulary, useful links, cross-curricular activities and much more.
Foreword
The ideal guide to planning and delivering the very best primary music lessons, for both new and experienced teachers. With tried-and-tested activities and lesson plans for Key Stages 1 and 2, this engaging guide will help teachers refresh their practice.
