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Songs in Their Heads: Music and Its Meaning in Children´s Lives
Patricia Shehan Campbell
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Description for Songs in Their Heads: Music and Its Meaning in Children´s Lives
Paperback.
This book explores the meaning and value of music in children's lives, based upon their expressed thoughts and actual musicking behaviors in school and at play. Blending standard education field experiences with ethnomusicological techniques, Campbell demonstrates how music is personally and socially meaningful to children and what values they place on particular musical styles, songs, and functions. She explores musical behaviors in various contextual settings-in the outdoor garden of the Lakeshore Zebras' preschool, in Mr. Roberts' fifth grade classroom, on a school bus, at home with the Anderson family, in the Rundale School cafeteria, at the Toys and More Store. ... Read more
This book explores the meaning and value of music in children's lives, based upon their expressed thoughts and actual musicking behaviors in school and at play. Blending standard education field experiences with ethnomusicological techniques, Campbell demonstrates how music is personally and socially meaningful to children and what values they place on particular musical styles, songs, and functions. She explores musical behaviors in various contextual settings-in the outdoor garden of the Lakeshore Zebras' preschool, in Mr. Roberts' fifth grade classroom, on a school bus, at home with the Anderson family, in the Rundale School cafeteria, at the Toys and More Store. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195382525
SKU
V9780195382525
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About Patricia Shehan Campbell
Patricia Shehan Campbell is the author of numerous books on music for children, a teacher, and an active musician. Her training in education and ethnomusicology has led her to the development of curriculum in music and cultural studies, and has helped shaped her unique approach to understanding children and their musical capacities. In addition to her post as Donald E. ... Read more
Reviews for Songs in Their Heads: Music and Its Meaning in Children´s Lives
Seldom does one find a research book that you 'can't put down.' Scholarly yet conversational, this book tells us much about the children we teach. It will surely impact on what I teach and how I present my music methods courses.
Sr. Rita Schweitzer, Mount Mary College
This wonderful book offers revealing insights into the way children think ... Read more
Sr. Rita Schweitzer, Mount Mary College
This wonderful book offers revealing insights into the way children think ... Read more