Alternative Approaches in Music Education

This book provides personalized case studies of music programs that are engaging in alternative approaches. The diversity of these real-world case studies will inspire questioning and curiosity, stimulate lively discussion and innovation, and provide much food for thought.

Explore the creative ways music educators across the country are approaching emerging practices in music teaching and learning. Outlined in twenty-five unique case studies, each program offers a new perspective on music teaching and learning, often falling outside the standard music education curriculum. Find innovative ideas and models of successful practice to incorporate into your teaching, whether in school, university, or community settings. Close the gap between music inside and outside the music classroom and spark student interest. The diversity of these real-world case studies will inspire questioning and curiosity, stimulate lively discussion and innovation, and provide much food for thought. Designed for music teachers, preservice music education students, and music education faculty, this project was supported by Society for Music Teacher Education's (SMTE) Areas of Strategic Planning and Action on Critical Examination of the Curriculum, which will receive a portion of the proceeds.

Chapter 1 Preface
Part 2 Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade Case Studies
Chapter 3 Opening Spaces in the Instrumental Music Classroom
Chapter 4 Guitar Class and the Popular Music Ensemble
Chapter 5 Toward a New Conception of World Music Education: The Virtual Field Experience
Chapter 6 Discovering World Music and Children's Worlds - Pedagogy Responding to Children's Learning Needs
Chapter 7 The Lakewood Project: Rockin' Out with Informal Learning
Chapter 8 Music Tech, Adaptive Music, and Rock Band 101: Engaging Middle School-Age Students in General Music Class
Chapter 9 Rock 'n' Roll High School: A Genre Comes of Age in the Curriculum
Chapter 10 Lead Lines, Licks and Everything In-between: Popular Music in a Preschool Music Classroom
Chapter 11 Starting Young: Developing a Successful Instrumental Music Program in Kindergarten
Chapter 12 Music in Cyberspace: Exploring New Models in Education
Chapter 13 Exploring the Creation of Music through Film Scoring
Chapter 14 Alternatives to Music Education: East Meets West in Music Education
Chapter 15 Steel Drums in a Middle School Setting
Chapter 16 Talkin' Turkey: Incorporating Music from Turkey in the Elementary General Music Class
Chapter 17 Enhancing the Instrumental Music Program with Creativity
Part 18 School to Community and Higher Education Case Studies
Chapter 19 O Passo (The Step): A Critical Pedagogy for Music Education from Brazil
Chapter 20 Cultural Bearers in the Children's Choral Ensemble
Chapter 21 A Unique Collaboration: The Fairview Elementary School String Project
Chapter 22 New Wine in Old Skins: Making Music with Older Adults
Chapter 23 Compose Yourself: Older People and Garage Band
Chapter 24 Democratic Jazz: Two Perspectives on a Collaborative Improvisation Jazz Workshop
Chapter 25 If the Shoe Fits . . . Tapping into the Potential of an Undergraduate Peer Teaching Experience to Promote Music-Teacher and Music-Teacher-Educator Socialization and Identity
Chapter 26 Crossing Borders: Building Bridges for an International Exchange in Music Teacher Education
Chapter 27 The Rock Project: Informal Learning in Secondary General Methods
Chapter 28 Rekindling the Playful Spirit: Learning to Teach through Play