Foundations of Music Education

By Charles R. Hoffer and Harold F. Abeles

Book Overview

Preface. Introduction: Why Study Foundations of Music Education? 1. History of Music Education. 2. Philosopbical Foundations of Music Education. 3. The Musical and Aesthetic Foundations of Music... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0028700503
• ISBN13: 9780028700502
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Schirmer G Books
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A good starting point for research

I've worked with this book since I was a freshman in college, and I'm now about to finish my master's in music ed while teaching full-time at a public school. My copy of this book is extremely well highlighted, with lots of notes in the margins. This is the book that I usually go to first if I want to start research on some topic within music education. My only problem with this book is that it is somewhat dated, and hope the authors will do a revision in the near future. In the meantime, this book is still a great resourse.

Useful Supplemental Text for Music Education Majors

The content of this text makes it a fine supplement to any "nuts and bolts" textbook for pre-service music teachers. While the authors do not address important topics such as rehearsal planning, teaching skills, and behavior management; they do address several other topics not usually treated in detail in secondary texts -- topics such as music education history, philosophy and aesthetics, psychological and sociological foundations, curriculum development, research competencies, assessment, and current issues in teacher education. I use this as a library reserve item, asking students to present in-class reports on its various topics. An extremely useful supplement that leads to professionally oriented in-class discussions.