Music in Childhood Enhanced,
4th Edition

Patricia Shehan Campbell, Carol Scott-Kassner

ISBN-13: 9781337560825
Copyright 2019 | Published
480 pages | List Price: USD $156.95

MUSIC IN CHILDHOOD: FROM PRESCHOOL THROUGH THE ELEMENTARY GRADES, equips you with the knowledge, tools and confidence to effectively teach music to children. Its practical strategies, imaginative scenarios and comprehensive examples prepare students for careers in music education and help active teachers sharpen their skills. Combining research and their years of experience, authors Campbell and Scott-Kassner present strategies for developing pitch, vocal, rhythmic, instrumental, listening, movement and creative responses in children. They emphasize contemporary topics like diversity, technology, incorporating evolving standards and meeting the needs of exceptional children. Numerous lesson plans and curricular units provide examples to help you effectively create plans tailored to your specific classroom needs.

Purchase Enquiry INSTRUCTOR’S eREVIEW COPY

Part I: THE MUSICAL CHILD.
1. Multiple Meanings of Music for Children.
2. From Theory to Practice in Teaching Music to Children.
3. Methods of Teaching Music to Children.
4. The Singing Child.
5. Pitch and the Child.
6. The Moving Child.
7. Rhythm and the Child.
8. The Playing Child.
9. The Listening Child.
10. The Creating Child.
Part II: THE FACILITATING TEACHER.
11. Motivation and Management.
12. Curriculum Design.
13. Assessment and Evaluation.
14. Music in an Integrated Curriculum.
15. Music, Children and Cultural Diversity.
16. Music for Exceptional Children.

  • Patricia Shehan Campbell

    Patricia Shehan Campbell is a professor of music at the University of Washington. She is a certified teacher of the Dalcroze Eurhythmics and has lectured and published widely on music, children, and pedagogy. She is author of TEACHING MUSIC GLOBALLY, SONGS IN THEIR HEADS, and LESSONS FROM THE WORLD.

  • Carol Scott-Kassner

    Carol Scott-Kassner is a writer and consultant in Music Education. An expert in the musical growth of young children, she has written and spoken extensively on that topic. She is co-author of WORLD OF MUSIC and the MUSIC CONNECTION and MAKING MUSIC series of textbooks for kindergarten, 1st grade and 2nd grade.

  • The spiral-bound version of MUSIC IN CHILDHOOD: FROM PRESCHOOL THROUGH THE ELEMENTARY GRADES combines authors Patricia Shehan Campbell and Carol Scott-Kassner's time-tested methods with the latest research and developments from the field.

  • Powering students from memorization to mastery, the new MindTap Music includes video segments that spotlight students and teachers demonstrating methods from the text in actual classrooms, giving your students the visual tools to develop teaching strategies. MindTap Music highlights information about state education standards for student reference and includes recordings of songs highlighted in the text, giving students the opportunity to read and listen to key musical concepts.

  • Through the text's numerous lesson plans and various curricular units, students learn by example how to create their own plans that are specifically tailored to the unique needs of their classrooms.

  • Equipping students with the tools and knowledge to maximize their teaching success, the authors describe primary pedagogical models of childhood music education and explore possibilities for teachers to combine techniques from these models to form new teaching models to fit various classroom settings and teaching preferences.

  • Providing unparalleled coverage, the text includes comprehensive treatment of such contemporary topics as diversity, technology, incorporating evolving standards and meeting the needs of exceptional children.

  • Enabling students to put what they learn into real-world practice, end-of-chapter "Scenarios" place students in a theoretical classroom to help them better understand applications. Sharing from their wealth of knowledge and decades of experience, authors Campbell and Scott-Kassner help students prepare for their own careers in education by providing them with real-life examples that illustrate how music techniques are used in the classroom.

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Instructor's Companion Website for Campbell/Scott-Kassner's Music in Childhood Enhanced: From Preschool through the Elementary Grades
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MindTap: Music in Childhood Enhanced 12 Months
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