Full Description
This work provides a vibrant narrative description of classroom practice in elementary-level general music education in the 1990s. It addresses social, educational and developmental influences that enhance or constrain curriculum, instruction and assessment in everyday music classrooms. It uses case studies of four classroom instructors.
Contents
Introduction 1 1 Tamara Wilkinson: Music in the Desert 21 2 Stephanie Martin: The Recorder 49 3 Carol Schnell: Chasing Circles 91 4 Jeff Olson: Almost Unemployed 119 5 The Impressionists 143 Epilogue 155 Works Cited 161 Index 165
