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Musical Childhoods: Explorations in the pre-school years book cover

1st Edition

Musical Childhoods Explorations in the pre-school years

By Berenice Nyland, Aleksandra Acker, Jill Ferris, Jan Deans Copyright 2015
182 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

182 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

182 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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  Musical Childhoods is a culmination of more than a decade of research driven by the fact that music has been neglected in early childhood programs in favour of literacy and numeracy.　　 Recent research has identified a connection between academic performance and musical programs and this has given music a renewed status in many schools. This book promotes the idea of children’s competence... Read more

Part I The context  1. Young children, music and early childhood programs  2. Early childhood arts education: a case study Part II The music  3. A search for meaning and communicative competence through the language of music  4. Singing: a way of life  5. Young children, music and musical content  6. An early childhood educator  7. The Early Learning Centre choir  8. The child’s voice  Part III 9. Revisiting and concluding remarks

Biography

Berenice Nyland is Associate Professor in early childhood at RMIT University in the School of Education, Australia.

Aleksandra Acker is a practicing musician, and an early childhood academic in the School of Education, RMIT University, Australia.

Jill Ferris is a practicing musician. She has been a music educator and a lecturer in music education at the School of Education, RMIT University, Australia.

Jan Deans is Senior Lecturer in early childhood and Director of the Early Learning Centre at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

 

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