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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Kate Fitzpatrick-Harnish |
ISBN: | 9780199778560 0199778566 9780199778577 0199778574 |
OCLC Number: | 908011793 |
Description: | pages cm |
Contents: | Urban music teaching : a counternarrative -- Understanding our students -- Culturally relevant music teaching : an introduction -- Making music -- Contextually specific music teaching : setting your own definition of success -- Common issues of interest for urban music teachers -- Finding support and inspiration |
Responsibility: | Kate Fitzpatrick-Harnish |
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...lucid, well-informed, generous, and grounded firmly in experience. The satisfactions and challenges of teaching music in urban settings are represented genuinely through her voice, and illustrated further through the voices of five music teachers whose experiences yield rich insights. Individuals who teach in urban settings, music teacher educators, and all those interested in social justice will find openings and possibilities for enriching students' lives andschool communities through music in these pages. * Janet R. Barrett, Marilyn Pflederer Zimmerman Scholar and Professor of Music Education, University of Illinois * Fitzpatrick-Harish masterfully weaves personal narratives of urban music educators, with relevant research, and insightful ideas for teachers. In so doing, she offers a much-needed counter-narrative of students and teaching in urban schools that provokes, guides, and inspires. * Carlos R. Abril, Associate Professor of Music Education, University of Miami * ...[A] real and helpful guidance for teaching music in urban schools. Her insights are so valuable because they reflect a genuine respect for students and their families. Her experience teaching urban kids is evident in her commitment to bringing out their best. As a teacher, researcher, and teacher educator with a career-long focus on urban education, Kate's perspective on this vital topic comes out in well-written vignettes and crisp prose. It's an instructive,enjoyable read. * Tim Gerber, Professor of Music, The Ohio State University * Read more...