Engaging Musical Practices

Suzanne L. Burton, Ph.D., is Professor of Music Education, Director of Graduate Studies, and Program Director of Music Education at the University of Delaware where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in music education and advises student research. She specializes in music development from early childhood through adolescence with scholarly interests in music literacy as well as music teacher preparation and professional development. Alison M. Reynolds, Ph.D., is associate professor of music education, Presser Center for Research and Creativity in Music, in the Boyer College of Music and Dance at Temple University. Her scholarship, teaching, and service focus on policy/advocacy, research, curriculum development, socially interactive music learning and development among learners from at least birth through 12 years of age, and guiding research and practice among preservice and in-service music teachers and future music teacher educators.

Foreword
Diane Persellin
Preface
Alison M. Reynolds
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Beginnings
Elizabeth Cassidy Parker
Chapter 2: Active Listening for a Lifetime of Music Understanding and Enjoyment
Kimberly Inks
Chapter 3: Development and Pedagogy of Children’s Singing
Joanne Rutkowski
Chapter 4: Engaging Movement Practices for Young Musicians: Four Perspectives
Wendy H. Valerio
Chapter 5: Teaching Multicultural Folk Dances
Karen Howard
Chapter 6: Musical Engagement through Classroom Instruments
Julie Scott
Chapter 7: Audiation-Based Improvisation and Composition in Elementary General Music
Heather Nelson Shouldice
Chapter 8: Sound, Syllables, and Symbols: A Process Approach to Music Literacy
Suzanne L. Burton
Chapter 9: Making Informed Technology Choices for Elementary General Music Classrooms
Kerry B. Renzoni
Chapter 10: Working with Music from Around the World
Lisa Lehmberg
Chapter 11: Inclusion in the Elementary General Music Classroom: Teaching Students with Special Needs While Creating a Bridge Between Music Education and Music Therapy
Cynthia M. Colwell
Chapter 12: National Core Arts Standards: Spark Plugs for Engagement, Understanding,
Retention, and Transfer of Learning in Elementary School General Music
Sandra Nicolucci
Chapter 13: Getting to Know Our Students: Assessment in the Elementary General
Music Classroom
Cynthia Crump Taggart
Chapter 14: Classroom Management: Strategies for a Student-Centered Approach
Katie Wolf Martinenza
Chapter 15: Professional Development for the Elementary General Music Teacher
Ann Marie Stanley
About the Editors
About the Authors