Teaching for Musical Understanding

By Jackie Wiggins

Book Overview

Ideal for introductory music education, philosophy and psychology of music education, and music education methods courses, Teaching for Musical Understanding explains current research-based theories... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0072307838
• ISBN13: 9780072307832
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Langua
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Excellent! Very accessible and appropriate for beginners as well as veterans

Dr. Wiggins has carefully formulated a guide to constructivist musical instruction that is accessible to all in the education field. The book is clear and specific, offering many example lessons and modeled approaches for classrooms. While the book is aimed primarily at elementary school educators, there are serious implications for music education at all levels. Do not miss out on the companion CD, an essential piece when using the sample lessons in the classroom.

Teaching for Musical Understanding is Core

While I have not had the honor of meeting Jackie Wiggins, I am never the less very impressed with this book. I especially found the first four chapters helpful. This textbook was referred to frequently during my recent Curriculum Planning class taught by Northwestern graduate, Dr. Michelle Kaschub.

Yes, this is it.

I have studied with the one and only Dr. Jackie Wiggins and still have more to learn from her. She has helped me realize how much I will love to teach music. This book will surely help me through many a curricular dilema. How do I do this and still accomplish that? Yes it is possible!If you teach music or plan to teach music in the future, do yourself a favor and buy this book. It will certainly help anybody, from the experienced teacher to the undergrad student waiting nervously to teach an entire class for the first time (like me).