The music of teaching
Subtitle: learning to trust students' natural development
By: Barbara Kreader Skalinder
Publisher: Hal Leonard Books
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 146
ISBN-13: 9781495059988
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Music teachers; Music; Teaching; Instruction and study; Philosophy; Student-centered learning
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-146).
Table of contents: title: Teaching yesterday's child. Enter the portals to piano teaching's past (The black-and-white '50s; Day-glo Muppets and more; "Information my way"; Phones, pods, and pads); title: Teaching today's child. Students in a virtual world ; The pressured child (Be a model; Remember the reality of your own journey; Be a wise guide and a reliable witness) ; Music's many faces ; The twenty-first century studio ; Teaching to the student and not to the test; title: Teaching the real child. Let the student be your guide ; Desire equals success ; One learning style doesn't fit all ; Tempo and dynamics : every child has them ; Some struggle is not only necessary, it is valuable ; Teaching students how to work on their own ; Listen up! ; Praise for nothing means nothing ; Stickers, Skittles, and M&M's ; "I thought it sounded great!" ; Plateaus and fallow periods; Teaching sideways ; Perfectly managing imperfection ; Failure : it's a strength ; Another look at success; title: Teaching yourself. Being comfortable in your teacher skin ; Pay yourself a living wage ; Parents as partners ; The fertile field of after-school child care ; The rewards of risk ; The music of teaching.