World Music Pedagogy Volume III: Secondary School Innovations

<p><em>World Music Pedagogy Volume III: Secondary School Innovations</em> provides a rationale and a resource for the implementation of World Music Pedagogy in middle and high school music classes grades 7–12 (ages 13–18). Such classes include secondary general music piano guitar songwriting composition/improvisation popular music world music music technology music production music history and music theory courses. This book is not a depository of ready-made lesson plans but rather a tool to help middle and high school teachers to think globally in the music classroom.</p><p>Strategies and techniques of World Music Pedagogy are promoted by discussions of a multicultural music education descriptive vignettes of realistic teaching environments conversations with culture-bearers/pedagogues and prompts for self-reflection. This volume approaches important issues of multicultural education and social justice that are often neglected in music education texts—proving to be a valuable resource for both nascent music educators and veteran practitioners alike.</p>