Description
Book SynopsisOffers piano teachers tools to help students develop creativity and critical thinking, and guidelines for organizing the music taught into a comprehensive curriculum. Ranging from children's small groups to larger university piano classes, this title discusses auditioning and grouping students, and strategies for maximizing student productivity.
Trade ReviewThis thoughtful and thought-provoking book is stuffed full of information that sometimes must be digested slowly. Coats illustrates her points with stories from her own teaching and the teaching of her pedagogy students. The many non-piano references provide valuable jumping-off points for further study.
* American Music Teacher *
[A] wonderful book for the experienced teacher who wants to take his or her teaching to the next level. Graduate pedagogy students or undergraduates . . . would also benefit greatly from this book. . . . [T]houghtful and thought-provoking . . . stuffed full of information.Sept 2006
-- Meg Gray * American Music Teacher *
Instructors wishing to sharpen their apporach to private and group pinao lessons and willing to use the techniques Coats outlines will undoubtedly become better at teaching students to think for themselves.
* Music Educators Journal *
Table of ContentsContents
Preface and Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Lesson Planning
3. Developing Creativity through Student Discovery
4. The Real Basics of Music: Musical Concepts
5. The Real Basics of Music: Musical Principles
6. Designing a Curriculum
7. Communication between Student and Teacher
8. Learning Styles
9. Introduction to Group Teaching
10. Group Growth
11. Problem Solving in Group Lessons
12. Group Dynamics
Appendix 1. Dancing the Baroque Suites
Appendix 2. Features of Court Dance of the Renaissance and Baroque Periods
Appendix 3. Dancing and Playing the Romantic Dances
Bibliography
Index
