Explore the creative ways music educators across the country are approaching emerging practices in music teaching and learning. Outlined in twenty-five unique case studies, each program offers a new perspective on music teaching and learning, often falling outside the standard music education curriculum. Find innovative ideas and models of successful practice to incorporate into your teaching, whether in school, university, or community settings. Close the gap between music inside and outside the music classroom and spark student interest. The diversity of these real-world case studies will inspire questioning and curiosity, stimulate lively discussion and innovation, and provide much food for thought. Designed for music teachers, preservice music education students, and music education faculty, this project was supported by Society for Music Teacher Education's (SMTE) Areas of Strategic Planning and Action on Critical Examination of the Curriculum, which will receive a portion of the proceeds.

Chapter 1 PrefacePart 2 Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade Case StudiesChapter 3 Opening Spaces in the Instrumental Music ClassroomChapter 4 Guitar Class and the Popular Music EnsembleChapter 5 Toward a New Conception of World Music Education: The Virtual Field ExperienceChapter 6 Discovering World Music and Children's Worlds - Pedagogy Responding to Children's Learning NeedsChapter 7 The Lakewood Project: Rockin' Out with Informal LearningChapter 8 Music Tech, Adaptive Music, and Rock Band 101: Engaging Middle School-Age Students in General Music ClassChapter 9 Rock 'n' Roll High School: A Genre Comes of Age in the CurriculumChapter 10 Lead Lines, Licks and Everything In-between: Popular Music in a Preschool Music ClassroomChapter 11 Starting Young: Developing a Successful Instrumental Music Program in KindergartenChapter 12 Music in Cyberspace: Exploring New Models in EducationChapter 13 Exploring the Creation of Music through Film ScoringChapter 14 Alternatives to Music Education: East Meets West in Music EducationChapter 15 Steel Drums in a Middle School SettingChapter 16 Talkin' Turkey: Incorporating Music from Turkey in the Elementary General Music ClassChapter 17 Enhancing the Instrumental Music Program with CreativityPart 18 School to Community and Higher Education Case StudiesChapter 19 O Passo (The Step): A Critical Pedagogy for Music Education from BrazilChapter 20 Cultural Bearers in the Children's Choral EnsembleChapter 21 A Unique Collaboration: The Fairview Elementary School String ProjectChapter 22 New Wine in Old Skins: Making Music with Older AdultsChapter 23 Compose Yourself: Older People and Garage BandChapter 24 Democratic Jazz: Two Perspectives on a Collaborative Improvisation Jazz WorkshopChapter 25 If the Shoe Fits . . . Tapping into the Potential of an Undergraduate Peer Teaching Experience to Promote Music-Teacher and Music-Teacher-Educator Socialization and IdentityChapter 26 Crossing Borders: Building Bridges for an International Exchange in Music Teacher EducationChapter 27 The Rock Project: Informal Learning in Secondary General MethodsChapter 28 Rekindling the Playful Spirit: Learning to Teach through Play