The object of this book is to provide the beginner with a background of musical experience to strengthen his own musicianship so that he may possess confidence in his own ability and venture to be a creative person. The work in this book is strictly preparatory and is intended as a starting point.

The education program in America began with the self-contained classroom and is today gradually moving back to that concept. It is believed that more attention can be given to the interests, needs, and abilities of the pupil if he is allowed to remain in his home room with his teacher throughout the school day. This is especially true in the primary grades. In many cases the primary teachers have only the minimum requirement by law of six hours credit in music.9 Furthermore, it is known that many primary teachers have little or no supervision from a music specialist. It is with these facts in view that this tabulation is needed for aid in the appraisal and selection of textbooks available for the teaching of music in grades one, two and three.

Thesis (M. Ed.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 74-84).

Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-84). Also available in print.

This study is an evaluation of individual music textbooks from eight series for grades four, five, and six, by a definite criterion basis. It seems very worthwhile to have an evaluation of such books: (a) to aid in the wise selection of music books, and (b) to become familiar with the contributions of each series.

Esta dissertação busca compreender questões referentes à criatividade na educação musical, de modo a verificar se tal pensamento pedagógico é veiculado atualmente e de que maneira é proposto em livros didáticos de música, considerados aqui um material de circulação e registro de concepções e práticas da educação musical. Esta pesquisa se insere no âmbito da educação escolar brasileira e, tendo como referência para contextualização a leitura das legislações oficiais sobre Música no ensino básico, busca identificar tendências pedagógico-musicais que atravessaram este percurso histórico. Em um segundo momento, apresentam-se teorias da criatividade na formação humana e na educação musical. Autores da psicologia e da educação foram o ponto de partida, seguido dos educadores renovadores da pedagogia musical no século XX que atuaram no contexto escolar, sendo a referência principal para compreensão do tema e desenvolvimento das análises as educadoras e pesquisadoras atuantes no Brasil e na América Latina, Teca Alencar de Brito e Violeta Gainza. Por fim, foram analisados livros didáticos de música publicados após a lei 11.769/08 (que tornou a Música conteúdo obrigatório) com vias a identificar se são e como são desenvolvidas práticas criativas nestas publicações de música para a escola, tendo em vista que tais materiais podem ser acessados na formação e atuação dos educadores musicais e, desta forma, considerados relevantes na prática pedagógica. / This dissertation tries to understand issues related to creativity in musical education, verifying if such pedagogical thinking is currently broadcasted and the ways it is proposed in music textbooks, considered here a way to provide circulation and registration of conceptions and practices of music education. This research is in the scope of brazilian school education and, by contextualizing throught official legislation about music on basic education readings, seeks to identify pedagogical trends that crossed musical in its history course. Then presents theories of creativity in the human formation and in musical education. Psychology and Education authors were the starting point, followed by the musical pedagogy educators of renovation movement in the 20th century who worked in the school context and the main reference for understanding this theme and to develop the analyses are the important an active educators and researchers in Brazil and in Latin America, Teca Alencar de Brito and Violeta Gainza. Finally, music textbooks published after the law 11.769/08 (which made the Music a required content) were analyzed to identify whether and how they developed creative practices in these music in school\'s publications, understanding that such materials can be accessed by musical educators in their formation or proceeding and thus this books can be considered relevant to pedagogical practice.

Esta dissertação busca compreender questões referentes à criatividade na educação musical, de modo a verificar se tal pensamento pedagógico é veiculado atualmente e de que maneira é proposto em livros didáticos de música, considerados aqui um material de circulação e registro de concepções e práticas da educação musical. Esta pesquisa se insere no âmbito da educação escolar brasileira e, tendo como referência para contextualização a leitura das legislações oficiais sobre Música no ensino básico, busca identificar tendências pedagógico-musicais que atravessaram este percurso histórico. Em um segundo momento, apresentam-se teorias da criatividade na formação humana e na educação musical. Autores da psicologia e da educação foram o ponto de partida, seguido dos educadores renovadores da pedagogia musical no século XX que atuaram no contexto escolar, sendo a referência principal para compreensão do tema e desenvolvimento das análises as educadoras e pesquisadoras atuantes no Brasil e na América Latina, Teca Alencar de Brito e Violeta Gainza. Por fim, foram analisados livros didáticos de música publicados após a lei 11.769/08 (que tornou a Música conteúdo obrigatório) com vias a identificar se são e como são desenvolvidas práticas criativas nestas publicações de música para a escola, tendo em vista que tais materiais podem ser acessados na formação e atuação dos educadores musicais e, desta forma, considerados relevantes na prática pedagógica. / This dissertation tries to understand issues related to creativity in musical education, verifying if such pedagogical thinking is currently broadcasted and the ways it is proposed in music textbooks, considered here a way to provide circulation and registration of conceptions and practices of music education. This research is in the scope of brazilian school education and, by contextualizing throught official legislation about music on basic education readings, seeks to identify pedagogical trends that crossed musical in its history course. Then presents theories of creativity in the human formation and in musical education. Psychology and Education authors were the starting point, followed by the musical pedagogy educators of renovation movement in the 20th century who worked in the school context and the main reference for understanding this theme and to develop the analyses are the important an active educators and researchers in Brazil and in Latin America, Teca Alencar de Brito and Violeta Gainza. Finally, music textbooks published after the law 11.769/08 (which made the Music a required content) were analyzed to identify whether and how they developed creative practices in these music in school\'s publications, understanding that such materials can be accessed by musical educators in their formation or proceeding and thus this books can be considered relevant to pedagogical practice.

The problem with which this study is concerned is that of developing a recommended sequential format for jazz improvisation instruction. The method of content analysis is used. Seventeen subject matter categories (instructional areas) are established upon which the data is analyzed. Coding instructions are constructed with adjustments for additional emphasis placed on the instruction areas by the respective authors. By selecting instructional areas recorded above the median per cent of emphasis, and co-ordinating these areas with the mean sequential introduction of each instructional area, a recommended format of instruction is developed.

This study's purpose was to investigate the kinds of instructions provided for teachers by authors and publishers of elementary music series for the development of children's voices. Specifically, the study was 1. to investigate the recommended methodology related to the development of vocal concepts in children, 2. to investigate musical aspects that could be indicators of expected vocal ability in children, and 3. to relate the findings of this study to other research results that give insight into the vocal capabilities of children. To collect the data, the teacher's editions of grades one, three, and five of music series published by the Silver Burdett Company and by the American Book Company during the period circa 1945 to 1975 were subjected to a content analysis and to a musical analysis. Three categories were established for the content analysis: Vocal Characteristics, Singing Objectives, and Teaching Strategies. Validity of the research tool was tested by the jury method and by logical validity. Reliability coefficients of .90 were determined by using two additional coders and by re-coding material.

Title: Liturgical Music as Curriculum in Primary School Author: Bc. Lenka Jelínková Supervisor: PhDr. Leona Saláková, Ph.D. Department: Department of Music Education, Charles University in Prague Abstract: This thesis speaks about the liturgical music taught in Czech primary schools. Firstly, the meaning of liturgical music is explained, we focus at the liturgy and its forms, then we present the survey results about teaching liturgical music, thirdly the textbooks are analyzed - we look for liturgical music as curriculum here, and in the end, there is our owns project for teaching the liturgical music. Project is about the Passion. The main goal of this work is to chart how is liturgical music in textbooks and at school approached and to give some ideas for working with liturgical music during music lessons in primary schools. Keywords: liturgy, liturgical music, music textbooks, liturgical music in primary school, spiritual music in primary school