Making Music in the Primary School is an essential guide for all student and practising primary school teachers, instrumental teachers and community musicians involved in music with children. It explores teaching and learning music with the whole class and provides a framework for successful musical experiences with large groups of children.
Striking the perfect balance between theory and practice, this invaluable text includes case studies and exemplars, carefully designed activities to try out in the classroom, as well as a range of tried-and-tested teaching strategies to help you support and develop children's musical experience in the classroom.
Grounded within a practical, philosophical and theoretical framework, the book is structured around the four key principles that underpin effective music teaching and experience:
Integration - how can we join up children's musical experiences?
Creativity - how can we support children's musical exploration?
Access and Inclusion - how can we provide a relevant experience for every child?
Collaboration - how might we work together to achieve these aims?
Written in a clear, accessible and engaging style, Making Music in the Primary School will give you all the confidence you need when working with whole classes, whatever your musical or teaching background.
List of figures and tables Contributors Foreword Introduction Part 1: Setting the context 1. How did we get here? The historical and social context of whole class instrumental and vocal teaching 2. The Contemporary context of whole class instrumental and vocalteaching Part 2: Access and Inclusion: Setting the Scene 3. The developing musician 4. Promoting an inclusive music 5. Musical styles, genres and traditions: Creating a global musical heritage 6. Including those with special educational needs: 'Whole' class instrumental and vocal teaching Part 3: Integration: Setting the Scene 7. Adopting an integrated approach to musical learning in whole class instrumental and vocal lessons 8. An integrated approach to whole class vocal work 9. An integrated approach to music in the curriculum Part 4: Creativity: Setting the Scene 10. The creative process 11. Creativity and instrumental skills development 12. Realising creative development Part 5: Collaboration: Setting the Scene 13. Collaborative music teaching and learning with partners beyond the school 14. A collaborative approach to planning, teaching and learning Part 6: Assessing, Evaluating and Reflecting 15. Assessing, evaluating and reflecting
