Holistic Musical Thinking: A Pedagogical Model for Hands-On and Heart-Felt Musical Engagement: Routledge New Directions in Music Education Series

By Daniel C. Johnson

Holistic Musical Thinking presents a comprehensive view of how people engage with music from a hands-on and heart-felt perspective. This approach embraces the teaching and learning processes as a multi-dimensional amalgamation of knowing, doing, and feeling through musical experiences. The result is a five-dimensional model that synthesizes cognitive, affective, and psychomotor learning with curricular integration.

With pedagogical applications, Holistic Musical Thinking offers a multi-faceted perspective that benefits both music teachers and their students. This innovative approach uses established research for a new model of musical thinking and taxonomy of musical engagement. Complete with classroom vignettes and pedagogical strategies, this book reframes musical thinking as a new direction in music education. Written for music teachers, teacher-educators, and their students, this book provides practical applications of the multi-dimensional Model of Holistic Musical Thinking for K-12 music education, and beyond.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032848588
• ISBN13: 9781032848587
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"