Music Books

New and Published Books

1. Debates in Music Teaching

   Edited by Chris Philpott, Gary Spruce

   Series: The Debates in Subject Teaching Series

   Debates in Music Teaching encourages students and practising teachers to engage with contemporary issues and developments in music education. It aims to introduce a critical approach to the central concepts and practices that have influenced major interventions and initiatives in music teaching,...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
2. Music Education

   Edited by Keith Swanwick

   Series: Major Themes in Education

   Music education is a well-established and flourishing area of research and study. It is also a complex and contested area in which there is a considerable variety of published work, ranging from the justificatory to the critical, and from advice on pedagogical practice to provocative alternative...

   Published April 11th 2012 by Routledge
3. Using Music to Enhance Student Learning

   A Practical Guide for Elementary Classroom Teachers

   By Jana Fallin, Mollie Tower

   Integrating musical activities in the elementary school classroom can assist in effectively teaching and engaging students in Language Arts, Science, Math, and Social Studies, while also boosting mental, emotional and social development. However, many elementary education majors fear they lack the...

   Published January 9th 2011 by Routledge
4. What’s So Important About Music Education?

   By J. Scott Goble

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   What’s So Important About Music Education? addresses the history of rationales provided for music education in the United States. J. Scott Goble explains how certain factors stemming from the nation's constitutional separation of church and state, its embrace of democracy and capitalism, and the...

   Published January 3rd 2011 by Routledge
5. Making Music in the Primary School

   Whole Class Instrumental and Vocal Teaching

   Edited by Nick Beach, Julie Evans, Gary Spruce

   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...

   Published December 15th 2010 by Routledge
6. Instrumental Music Education

   Teaching with the Musical and Practical in Harmony

   By Evan Feldman, Ari Contzius

   Instrumental Music Education: Teaching with the Musical and Practical in Harmony is intended for college instrumental music education majors studying to be band and orchestra directors at the elementary, middle school, or high school level. This textbook presents an extensive look at the topics...

   Published September 30th 2010 by Routledge
7. Constructing a Personal Orientation to Music Teaching

   By Mark Robin Campbell, Linda K Thompson, Janet R. Barrett

   Constructing a Personal Orientation to Music Teaching promotes inquiry and reflection to facilitate teacher growth, lifelong learning and a disposition toward educational change. Strongly grounded in current theories and research in teacher education, the text engages readers in analyzing their own...

   Published July 13th 2010 by Routledge
8. Music Education in Your Hands

   An Introduction for Future Teachers

   By Michael L. Mark, Patrice Madura

   Music Education in Your Hands is a textbook for the introductory course in Music Education. Written for future classroom music teachers, the book provides an overview of the music education system , illuminating the many topics that music educators need to know, including technology, teaching...

   Published November 19th 2009 by Routledge
9. Becoming a Choral Music Teacher

   A Field Experience Workbook

   By Patrice Madura Ward-Steinman

   This textbook prepares Music Education and Choral Conducting majors to be effective middle school and high school choral music teachers. It fully integrates the choral field experience for hands-on learning and reflection and allows the student to observe and teach the book’s principles. It covers...

   Published October 22nd 2009 by Routledge
10. Teaching Music in American Society

    A Social and Cultural Understanding of Music Education

    By Steven N. Kelly

    Teaching Music in American Society is a comprehensive textbook designed for students who seek to be certified in music education to teach K-12 music in American public and private schools. It covers the issues facing music education, including the functional role of music within school environments...

    Published November 25th 2008 by Routledge