Overview
- When it comes to integrating music into your curriculum, Recontextualized has much to offer both the novice and experienced teacher alike: not only does it provide classroom-tested lessons from expert teachers for immediate use, it also offers a framework for deepening our appreciation and understanding of music’s connection to learning
- Recontextualized describes four separate approaches for integrating music into your curriculum, emphasizing both practical and critical skills
- Recontextualized bridges English curricula and students’ natural love of music, moving from learning to creative application of knowledge
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Recontextualized: A Framework for Teaching English with Music is a book that can benefit any English teacher looking for creative approaches to teaching reading, writing, and critical thinking. Providing theoretically-sound, classroom-tested practices, this edited collection not only offers accessible methods for including music into your lesson plans, but also provides a framework for thinking about all classroom practice involving popular culture. The framework described in Recontextualized can be easily adapted to a variety of educational standards and consists of four separate approaches, each with a different emphasis or application. Written by experienced teachers from a variety of settings across the United States, this book illustrates the myriad ways popular music can be used, analyzed, and created by students in the English classroom.
“Together, this editor/author team has produced a book that virtually
vibrates with possibilities for engaging youth in ways that speak to their interests while simultaneously maintaining the rigor expected of English classes.” – Donna E. Alvermann, University of Georgia
“Together, this editor/author team has produced a book that virtually
vibrates with possibilities for engaging youth in ways that speak to their interests while simultaneously maintaining the rigor expected of English classes.” – Donna E. Alvermann, University of Georgia
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Front Matter
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Recontextualized
Book Subtitle: A Framework for Teaching English with Music
Editors: Lindy L. Johnson, Christian Z. Goering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-606-4
Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-6300-606-4Published: 25 July 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 164
Topics: Education, general