Instrumental Teaching

Instrumental Teaching

by Janet Mills
Instrumental Teaching

Instrumental Teaching

by Janet Mills

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Overview

What are instrumental lessons for? And why do so many students want to 'give up' when they have only just begun? These are just some of the questions examined in this thought-provoking and entertaining book, which draws on research and on the author's wealth of experience to encourage teachers to build upon the strengths of current practice. Instrumental Teaching is for both those who have been teaching for many years and those who are starting out. It focuses on learning by young people but also ranges more widely, and it relates to all teachers, wherever they teach. Janet Mills asks probing questions such as 'why teach?' - and 'why learn?' - and provides practical advice on subjects including 'the first lesson'. She addresses the thorny issue of practice, and explores myths such as the notion that some instruments require particular physical or personal attributes. This book will challenge and inspire anyone who is, or is thinking of becoming, an instrumental teacher.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780193359086
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 02/02/2008
Series: Oxford Music Education
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Dr Janet Mills began her career teaching music (and mathematics) in a comprehensive school in West Yorkshire. Subsequently, she was a teacher educator at Westminster College in Oxford and the University of Exeter. Her work as an HM Inspector of Schools included observation of more than 1000 instrumental lessons and the development and implementation - with instrumental teachers - of the first national system for inspecting Local Authority Instrumental Music Services. Along the way, she learnt violin and singing, and taught herself to play several other instruments. Janet Mills was a Research Fellow at the Royal College of Music in London and in 2004 won a National Teaching Fellowship. She wrote Music in the School (2005), Music in the Primary School (1991), and many articles in books, magazines, and research journals.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Why teach an instrument?
Instrumental teachers
Why take instrumental lessons?
What instrument?
Instrumental lessons, music, and life
The first lesson
Planning a programme of lessons
Practice makes perfect?
Some myths of instrumental learning and teaching
So, why teach an instrument?
Appendix 1 - Nuts and bolts: frequently asked questions
Appendix 2 - How not to teach musically
Index
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