ABSTRACT

Issues in Music Teaching stimulates critical reflection on a range of topics related to the teaching and learning of music in both the primary and secondary school, including:

  • the place of music in the curriculum
  • the nature of music and music education
  • ICT and music education
  • music education and individual needs
  • continuity and progression in music education

The book prompts the reader to be analytical and critical of theory and practice, and to become an autonomous professional and curriculum developer.

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

part |69 pages

Part I The nature of music and music education

chapter |12 pages

1 Teaching music in schools

Some historical reflections

chapter |15 pages

3 Is music a language?

chapter |14 pages

4 Music in society and education

chapter |15 pages

5 Learning in music

Complexity and diversity

part |129 pages

Part II The content, design, implementation and development of the music curriculum

chapter |13 pages

6 The body and musical literacy

Some historical reflections

chapter |11 pages

10 Music and combined arts

chapter |12 pages

13 Using ICT in music teaching

part |41 pages

Part III Professional development in music education