Songs in Their Heads: Music and Its Meaning in Children's Lives, Second Edition

by Patricia Shehan Campbell

Book Overview

Songs in Their Heads is a vivid and engaging book that bridges the disciplines of music education, ethnomusicology, and folklore. This revised and expanded edition includes additional case studies, updated illustrative material, and a new section exploring the relationship between children's musical practices and current technological advances. Designed as a text or supplemental text for a variety of music education methods courses, as well as a reference...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195382528
• ISBN13: 9780195382525
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Excellent

Patricia's approach with children is sensitive and perceptive. I found this book personally helpful with children in my studio. Ms. Campbell's approach encouraged me to ask my students questions and I was pleasantly surprised by their honest and passionate ideas about music. I changed my program in response to their ideas. I appreciated that Patricia interviewed students of different abilities not just elite performers. The main idea is that they all had a meaningful connection to their music-making activities.