GIA Music Education Catalog ? 2011 - GIA Publications

The Ways Children
Learn Music
An Introduction and Practical Guide
Music Learning Theory
A Music Learning Theory for
Newborn and Young Children
Second Edition
This book is about the most critical learning period in every
individual’s musical life: birth to age five. Written for early
childhood teachers and interested parents, this is the most
extensive book of its kind by perhaps the leading educator and
researcher in music education.
Professor Gordon guides us in ways to motivate and encourage
young children to audiate, and to teach music successfully
at home and in preschool, with an emphasis on individual
differences between children.
G-3487 Hardcover, 166 pages .................$26.00
to Music Learning Theory
Eric Bluestine
With clear and compelling language, Eric Bluestine sheds light
on the most vexing issues in music education, explaining how
to free a child’s mind to think on its own musical terms.
G-5480 Quality paperback, revised and expanded, 208 pages ...........$16.95
Introduction to Research
and the Psychology
of Music
Our potential to learn music is one of the special capacities that
makes us human. Researchers have been captivated by the study of
this potential, known as music aptitude, for the past 75 years.
Introduction to Research and the Psychology of Music is the
culmination of what we know about music aptitude and music
aptitude testing written by the world’s leading scholar on the
subject.
In this book, Edwin Gordon explores the nature of music aptitude, how aptitude
changes as we grow, and how to measure this potential. Gaining insight into music aptitude
tells us how to best teach music as well as how to adapt teaching to the individual needs of
students. A foundation for contemporary and future scholars!
G-4855 Hardcover, 234 pages. .....................................$32.50
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