Teaching Music: The Urban Experience

By Lisa DeLorenzo and Lisa C Delorenzo

This timely book explores teaching music in the urban setting along with interviews and journal accounts from urban music teachers in a variety of specializations. Written for pre-service music education students and music teachers new to urban teaching, this is a must-read for those considering teaching in the urban schools. Selected topics include culturally responsive teaching, White teachers working with students of color, nurturing pedagogy for at-risk youths, working with ESL students and immigrant families, creating a democratic and socially just music classroom, and developing habits of teaching that promote resilience and confidence in the emotional, social, and academic well-being of young musicians. A valuable resource for music teaching, this book features an accessible blend of theory and practice with authentic stories from the field.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815354762
• ISBN13: 9780815354765
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"