The music curriculum in a changing world / by Lilla Belle Pitts.
| Author/creator | Pitts, Lilla Belle |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York ; Chicago : Silver Burdett company, [1944] |
| Description | iv pages, 2 leaves, 3-165 pages : folded diagrams ; 21 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Part I. The challenge of changing conditions. An introduction -- Challenges from without. The challenge of new resources ; The challenge of a new public ; The challenge of a time of crisis -- Challenges from within. The challenge of a positive approach -- Part II. The developing school curriculum. Changing educational thought. Principles underlying newer educational trends -- A new focus and emphasis in curriculum development ; Implications for developing music curricula -- Part III. Reinterpretation of the meaning of music in life and in education. Children and music -- Part IV. The developing music curriculum. The function of music in the school curriculum -- Music contributes to developing wholesome personalities -- Realization in action ; Emotional realization ; Imaginative realization ; Realization through masteries -- Music contributions to social effectiveness -- Music contributes to strengthening belief in democratic ideals -- Music contributes to creating an indigenous musical culture -- Part V. Translating beliefs into programs of action. Criteria for developing an ideal music curriculum -- Music curriculum composed of carefully selected experiences -- Provision of sequences of orderly, cumulative experiences -- Scope allowing for flexibility -- Conditions favorable for integrating learning -- A fundamental approach. Music curriculum based on experience -- A pattern music curriculum. Basic assumptions ; Centers of interest ; Life-like continuity ; Imaged in terms of poetry -- In summary -- A final word. |
| LCCN | 44003924 |
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