Teaching Music in the Secondary Schools

So you're going to teach music. The music teacher. Section one: Why teach music? The reasons for music in the schools. Section two: What: The subject matter of music. The music curriculum. Section three: How: The methods of teaching music. Psychology and music teaching. Teaching general music. Teaching music appreciation, fine arts and theory courses. Teaching performing groups. Teaching musical expression. Teaching accurate intonation. Teaching teenage singers. Teaching instrumental music. School music performances. Computers in music education. Section four: To whom: The students. Teenagers and music. Music teaching and student discipline. Section five: Plans and results. Planning and assessing music teaching. The music education profession. Appendix.