Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Ways of Thinking About Music: Political Dimensions and Educational Consequences 2. Finding the Future in the Past: Historical Perspectives on Music Education 3. Research in the Sociology of Music Education: Some Introductory Concepts 4. Music Education: A European Perspective 5. Music Psychology and the Secondary Music Teacher 6. Musical Development in the Primary Years 7. Planning for Transfer and Transition in Music Education 8. Music with Emotionally Disturbed Children 9. Assessment in the Arts: Issues of Objectivity 10. In Search of a Child's Musical Imagination 11. An Overview of the Use of ICT in the Music Curriculum 12. The Place of Composing in the Music Curriculum 13. Relevance and Transformation: Roles for World Musics 14. Instrumental Teaching as Music Teaching 15. The Art of Improvisation and the Aesthetics of Imperfection

About the Author

Gary Spruce