1st Edition

Teaching Music History with Cases A Teacher's Guide

By Sara Haefeli Copyright 2023
124 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

124 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

124 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Teaching Music History with Cases introduces a pedagogical approach to music history instruction in university coursework. What constitutes a music-historical "case?" How do we use them in the classroom? In business and the hard sciences, cases are problems that need solutions. In a field like music history, a case is not always a problem, but often an exploration of a context or concept that... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Case Study Curriculum Design  3. Selecting and Writing Cases  4. Class Discussion  5. Student Inquiry and Project-Based Learning  6. Assessment in the Case Study Classroom

Biography

Sara Haefeli is Associate Professor at Ithaca College, New York, and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Music History Pedagogy. She is the author of John Cage: A Research and Information Guide.