Teaching Piano Pedagogy: A Guidebook for Training Effective Teachers

by Courtney Crappell

Overview

Providing essential tools to transform college piano students into professional piano teachers, Courtney Crappell's Teaching Piano Pedagogy helps teachers develop pedagogy course curricula, design and facilitate practicum-teaching experiences, and guide research projects in piano pedagogy. The book grounds the reader in the history of the domain, investigates course materials, and explores unique methods to introduce students to course concepts and help them put those concepts into practice. To facilitate easy integration into the curriculum, Crappell provides example classroom exercises and assignments throughout the text, which are designed to help students understand and practice the related topics and skills. Teaching Piano Pedagogy is not simply a book about teaching piano--it is a book about how piano students learn to teach.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780190670559
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/31/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	654 KB

About the Author

Courtney Crappell serves as Director and Associate Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy at the Moores School of Music, University of Houston. He has been the recipient of the Music Teachers National Association American Music Teacher "Article of the Year" award, and the Texas Music Teachers Association "Outstanding Collegiate Teaching Achievement" award.

Table of Contents

List of Classroom Exercises List of Sample Forms Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Towards a Definition of Piano Pedagogy Chapter 2: Planning the Presentation of Topics in Piano Pedagogy Chapter 3: Selecting References for Coursework in Piano Pedagogy Chapter 4: Training Teaching Skills and Practices Chapter 5: Training Sequencing and Planning Strategies Chapter 6: Organizing the Presentation of Educational Theories Chapter 7: Facilitating Practicum Training Experiences Chapter 8: Guiding Creative Projects in Piano Pedagogy Chapter 9: Preparing for Generational Differences and Adapting to New Technologies Chapter 10: Fostering Curiosity and Creativity

Editorial Reviews

"This superb book acts as both an encyclope-dia of all aspects of teaching pedagogy and as a guide to creating effective course curricula and creative assignments." — Eleanor Hodgkinson, Fontes artis musicae

"Throughout the book, Crappell presents many ideas for crafting meaningful assignments in the pedagogy classroom. In some ways this book functions as an almost encyclopedic guide to all facets of teaching pedagogy. Truthfully, more than one close reading is required to digest all of the excellent and thought-provoking information presented ... Teaching Piano Pedagogy is a wonderful contribution to the literature, and essential to the professional pedagogue's bookshelf. After reading it, I am inspired to more deeply reflect and reevaluate my own teaching style and methods, both for pedagogy classes and applied lessons." — Ann DuHamel, Piano Magazine

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