| Description |
1 online resource |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Pitts investigates the long term aims, impact and effects of music education in a school setting. Evaluating the extent to which school music provides a foundation for lifelong involvement in music, Pitts integrates empirical data with a review of historical and contemporary debates on the practices of music teaching and learning. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; About the Companion Website; 1. Investigating the Impact of Music Education; 1.1 Whose Story? Defining and Interpreting Musical Life Histories; 1.2 Aims, Scope, and Limitations; 1.3 Approaches to Data Collection and Analysis; 1.4 Existing Research on Musical Life Histories; 1.5 Global Perspectives on Music Education; 1.6 Structures and Voices in This Book; Interlude A; Interlude B; 2. Learning across Generations: Musical Childhoods in 20th-Century Britain; 2.1 Lifelong Learning: A Reasonable Aim for Music Education? |
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2.2 Life Histories in Context: British Music Education in the 20th Century2.3 Generational Trends in Formative Musical Experiences; 2.3.1 1930s-1950s: Gramophones, Piano Lessons, and School Assemblies; 2.3.2 1960s-1970s: Encouragement and Independence; 2.3.3 1980s-1990s: Musical Pluralism and Exploration; 2.4 Historical Trends, Current Debates; 2.4.1 Classroom Music; 2.4.2 Music Outside the Classroom; 2.4.3 Teacher and Parent Attitudes; 2.4.4 Music in the Home; 2.4.5 Lifelong Learning and Involvement; Interlude C; Interlude D; 3. Locations for Musical Learning |
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3.1 Where Musical Learning Happens3.2 The Characteristics of Supportive Musical Environments; 3.3 Extracurricular Music-Making; 3.4 Musical Self-Education; 3.5 An Italian Perspective: Music as Specialist Education; 3.6 Summary: Situated Learning for Music; Interlude E; Interlude F; 4. Inspiring, Affirming, Challenging: Significant People in Musical Learning; 4.1 What Makes a Memorable Classroom Music Teacher?; 4.2 Instrumental Teachers as Mentors; 4.3 Parents as Role Models and Mentors; 4.4 Siblings, Extended Family, and Friendships as Sources of Musical Learning |
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4.5 Learning from Learning: Becoming Teachers and Parents4.6 Summary: Musical Supporters and Role Models; Interlude G; Interlude H; 5. Opportunities and Outcomes in Lifelong Musical Engagement; 5.1 Musical Routes and Roots; 5.2 Becoming Music Educators; 5.3 Becoming Music-Makers; 5.4 Becoming Adult Learners; 5.5 Becoming Listeners and Concert-Goers; 5.6 Summary: Foundations for Lifelong Musical Involvement; Interlude I; Interlude J; 6. Rhetoric and Reality: The Real Impact of Music Education; 6.1 Overview: Learning from Life Histories; 6.2 Historical Rhetoric and Remembered Reality |
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6.3 Contemporary Rhetoric and Future Opportunities6.4 Summary: Relevance and Timelessness in Musical Learning; Interlude K; Interlude L; 7. Chances, Choices, and Conclusions; 7.1 Chances and Choices in Musical Education; 7.2 The Usefulness of Life History Approaches; 7.3 Recommendations and Future Directions; Postlude; Glossary; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Music -- Instruction and study -- Social aspects.
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Music -- Instruction and study. |
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Social aspects. |
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MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- General. |
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Music. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Pitts, Stephanie. Chances and choices. New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012 9780199838752 (DLC) 2011039299 (OCoLC)754518585 |
| ISBN |
9780199838769 (electronic book) |
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0199838763 (electronic book) |
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9780199986699 |
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019998669X |
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9780199950065 (ebook) |
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0199950067 |
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9780199838752 |
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0199838755 |
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9780199838776 |
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0199838771 |
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