Full Description
For any undergraduate/graduate-level course in Music Education. Unique in both content and approach, this text offers a single-volume authoritative comparison of the four most popular music education methods used in North America-Jacques-Dalcroze, Kodaly, 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 students make educated curricular choices among methods.
Contents
1. Method in North American Music Teaching: The Beginnings.
2. Influences on Methods, Approaches, and Philosophies of Teaching Music.
3. Technology and Music Education.
4. The Approach of Emile Jacques-Dalcroze.
5. The Kodály Method.
6. The Orff Approach.
7. Comprehensive Musicianship: An American Technique and Philosophy for Teaching Music.
8. Achieving Goals and Objectives in School Music Programs via the Principles of Jacques-Dalcroze, Kodály, Orff, and Comprehensive Musicianship.
9. Grades K-1-2.
10. Grades 3-4-5.
11. Grades 6-7-8.
12. Method in Music for Older Students.
13. Which Method?
