Introduction to Music Education, Fourth Edition

by: Charles Hoffer (Author)

Publisher: Waveland Press, Inc.

Edition: 4th

Publication Date: 2017/4/9

Language: English

Print Length: 167 pages

ISBN-10: 1478634073

ISBN-13: 9781478634072

Book Description

The streamlined Fourth Edition of this widely adopted text introduces prospective school music teachers to the profession of music education by one of the field’s respected senior practitioners. In a warm, approachable style, Hoffer presents a working repertoire of concepts and general information, gets readers thinking about music teaching, and encourages them to examine themselves in terms of their future roles as educators in the field.Introduction to Music Education, 4/E provides a comprehensive, straightforward overview of the field, including its opportunities and its challenges. The text is written for a general music education course that precedes methods courses in which prospective teachers lea techniques for teaching various aspects of music. In addition to Hoffer’s uncluttered discussions of the nature of teaching, teachers, and music, useful chapter components such as questions for discussion and projects are included. Also available from Waveland Press by Charles Hoffer, Music for Elementary Classroom Teachers (ISBN 9781577665496).

About the Author

The streamlined Fourth Edition of this widely adopted text introduces prospective school music teachers to the profession of music education by one of the field’s respected senior practitioners. In a warm, approachable style, Hoffer presents a working repertoire of concepts and general information, gets readers thinking about music teaching, and encourages them to examine themselves in terms of their future roles as educators in the field.Introduction to Music Education, 4/E provides a comprehensive, straightforward overview of the field, including its opportunities and its challenges. The text is written for a general music education course that precedes methods courses in which prospective teachers lea techniques for teaching various aspects of music. In addition to Hoffer’s uncluttered discussions of the nature of teaching, teachers, and music, useful chapter components such as questions for discussion and projects are included. Also available from Waveland Press by Charles Hoffer, Music for Elementary Classroom Teachers (ISBN 9781577665496).