Berenice Nyland, Aleksandra Acker, Jill Ferris

Musical Childhoods

Explorations in the pre-school years

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Produktbeschreibung

This book promotes the idea of children¿s competence in the use of the language of music and argues that all children have a right to participate in musical discovery and celebrates children¿s engagement with meaningful and disparate experiences in music. With contributions from leading practitioner/researchers in the field, this book seeks to reaffirm children¿s communicative competence when exposed to high quality musical experience, provide new perspectives on children¿s ability to engage with music in many diverse forms and explore and promote the role of the musician as artist/teacher.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 170
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 268g
• ISBN-13: 9780415740067
• ISBN-10: 0415740061
• Artikelnr.: 41477118

Autorenporträt

Berenice Nyland is Associate Professor in early childhood at RMIT University in the School of Education, Australia. Aleksandra Acker is a practicing musician, and an early childhood academic in the School of Education, RMIT University, Australia. Jill Ferris is a practicing musician. She has been a music educator and a lecturer in music education at the School of Education, RMIT University, Australia. Jan Deans is Senior Lecturer in early childhood and Director of the Early Learning Centre at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I The context 1. Young children, music and early childhood programs 2.
Early childhood arts education: a case study Part II The music 3. A search
for meaning and communicative competence through the language of music 4.
Singing: a way of life 5. Young children, music and musical content 6. An
early childhood educator 7. The Early Learning Centre choir 8. The child¿s
voice Part III 9. Revisiting and concluding remarks