Critical Issues in Music Education: Contemporary Theory and Practice

Critical Issues in Music Education: Contemporary Theory and Practice examines the rich and challenging complexities of music teaching and learning from a variety of perspectives. With individual expertise in fields including assessment, philosophical foundations, technology, mentoring, critical theory, and musical development, the contributing authors are graduates or faculty at the highly regarded Teachers College of Columbia University. In this text, they link current educational theory to pedagogical inquiry of current educational practice, calling for teachers to critically reflect on such professional activities as lesson planning, curriculum design, repertoire choice, and student evaluation.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195388151
• ISBN13: 9780195388152
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"