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Kodaly Today: A Cognitive Approach to Elementary Music Education | 
 enlarge | Authors: Micheal Houlahan, Philip Tacka
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 312615
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 632
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.9
Dimensions (in): 10 x 7 x 2.1
ISBN: 0195314093
Dewey Decimal Number: 372.87
EAN: 9780195314090
ASIN: 0195314093
Publication Date: June 26, 2008
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Product Description
In Kodaly Today, Micheal Houlahan and Philip Tacka offer an expertly-researched, thorough, and - most importantly - practical approach to transforming curriculum goals into tangible, achievable musical objectives and effective lesson plans. Their model - grounded in the latest research in music perception and cognition - outlines the concrete practices behind constructing effective teaching portfolios, selecting engaging music repertoire for the classroom, and teaching musicianship skills successfully to elementary students of all degrees of proficiency. Addressing the most important questions in creating and teaching Kodaly-based programs, Houlahan and Tacka write through a practical lens, presenting a clear picture of how the teaching and learning processes go hand-in-hand. Their innovative approach was designed through a close, six-year collaboration between music instructors and researchers, and offers teachers an easily-followed, step-by-step roadmap for developing students' musical understanding and metacognition skills. A comprehensive resource in the realm of elementary music education, this book is a valuable reference for all in-service music educators, music supervisors, and students and instructors in music education.
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It is for TODAY! August 15, 2008
If you are a Music Educator, this book will help you to be a more effective teacher and will keep you from going crazy trying to figure out how to present all those music concepts on your list. The book is well organized, relevant and easy to understand. Believe me, everything you need to teach wonderful music lessons is in this book. There are song suggestions for every part of your lessons and many ideas for making your lessons more creative and powerful. After almost 30 years as a Music Educator, I am so grateful to have this tool and support for my teaching.
Very practical August 9, 2008
I bought this book after hearing about it on the MENC boards. It is packed full of great information about organizing curriculum, and offers many ideas that you can incorporate immediately into the classroom. Worth every penny!
Kodaly Today: a must-have! August 2, 2008
Kodaly Today is an awesome book! It has everything, like how to plug in your lesson plans, which repertoire to use for each concept taught, and much more. The teaching procedures in this book will guide you to help your students develop musically in more ways than you think. It is a resource that is beautifully organized and a pleasure to read. Whether you see your kids every day or twice a month - every music teacher should have this book, it's amazing. I love it and can't wait to try it this new school year!
Kodaly Today Builds a Strong Foundation for Tomorrow's Musicians July 30, 2008
This is an incredibly valuable resource. As a classically trained pianist and choral singer, and a new K-5 Music Teacher, I have found the Kodaly approach very effective and this book has organized the objectives and strategies beautifully. I highly recommend Kodaly Today!
A necessity for music educators July 19, 2008
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Kodaly Today fills a large and problematic gap in music education in the United States. Many people graduate from universities knowing the concepts that are to be taught in elementary school, but do not understand how to go about presenting them. With Kodaly Today, we finally have a book that lays out a detailed, sequential, creative, and interesting music curriculum for the elementary level. Teachers are given methods and techniques to use in presenting and practicing new and known material. Gone are the days where the Kodaly classroom used only singing and games. The approach presented in Kodaly Today incorporates the use of instruments (xylophones and unpitched percussions) in the practice portion of the lessons, and allows for a high level of creativity and musicianship to be achieved by both the student and teacher.
Another reviewer referred to Kodaly Today as the "Kodaly Bible" and I wholeheartedly agree. Nowhere else have I seen such a detailed and comprehensive text that gives the music educator everything s/he may ever need to know to be a successful teacher. Kodaly Today has teaching strategies, song lists, monthly plans, philosophy, assessment, listening examples, and the list could go on and on. As a music educator, I am so grateful to have Kodaly Today in my hands, because I will no longer have to search through book after book to find the information or resources I need. It's all in Kodaly Today.
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