Teaching Music in the Twenty-First Century

By Lois Choksy, Avon Gillespie, Robert Abramson

Book Overview

Unique in both content and approach, this book offers a single-volume authoritative comparison of the four most popular music education methods used in North America--Jacques-Dalcroze, Kod ly, Orff, and Comprehensive Musicianship. Its in-depth examination of the methods and underlying philosophies of each method--and its suggested lessons for each method at each grade level--will help readers make knowledgeable curricular choices among methods. Both the New National Standards (MENC) and the use of technology in the study of music are described and discussed in relation to all four methods. KEY TOPICS: Method in North American Music Teaching--The Beginning. Influences on Methods, Approaches, and Philosophies of Teaching Music. Technology and Music Education. The Approach of Jacques-Dalcroze. The Kod ly Method. The Orff Approach. Comprehensive Musicianship: An American Technique and Philosophy for Teaching Music. Achieving Goals and Objectives in School Music Programs Via the Principles of Jacques-Dalcroze, Kod ly, Orff, and Comprehensive Musicianship. Grades K-1-2. Grades 3-4-5. Grades 6-7-8. Method in Music for Older Students. Which Methods? MARKET: For music educators.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0130280275
• ISBN13: 9780130280275
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.2" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

As promised

Book arrived within delivery time frame and in the condition it was supposed to be in.

Wonderful resource!

Wonderful resource that discussed many different methods of teaching music (Dalcroze, Kodaly, Orff, Comprehensive Music Method) and then went through how to use the different methods at every age/level!