Publisher's Synopsis
General Music: A K-12 Experience equips the preservice music teacher with tools to effectively teach general music to elementary and secondary students. This text features research-based content and provides a myriad of resources. It is perfect for general music methods courses for preservice music majors, as well as in-service music educators.General Music: A K-12 Experience is divided in to four parts: The ""Nuts and Bolts"": Laying the Foundation for Teaching General Music provides an overview of content standards, components of lesson planning, and assessment of student learning. Engaging Music Learners introduces the primary music education methodologies (i.e., orff, etc.) and incorporates the ""ings"" of music making (I.e. singing, playing, moving/dancing, listening/analyzing, and composing). Teaching Music in the K-8 Classroom: Building a Foundation for Music Learning explores the core elements of music (i.e., melody, harmony, rhythm, form, timbre, and expressive qualities) and provides teaching plans for beginning (K2), intermediate (35), and advanced (68) learners Secondary General Music: Experiencing, Engaging, and Exploring Music provides ""ready to use"" sixweek secondary general music curricula of a variety of topics, including world music ensembles, general music with the related arts, and music business and technology.
