Publications: Books

  • Musical Pathways

    What are our first musical experiences?  How do we build on our early experiences?  What factors help us to sustain a meaningful engagement in music?  What musical pathways are available for young people today?  These are all important questions that music educators need to engage with if we are to provide effective support for the musical development of those with whom we work.

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  • Whose Music Education Is It? - the role of the student voice

    Involving students as stakeholders in their own education has been shown to have significant benefits in terms of motivation and achievement. This new book, written by leading experts and practitioners in the field, looks at ways in which students can play an active role in shaping their own music education.

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  • Sound Progress - Exploring musical development

    The focus of this book is musical development, a concept of fundamental importance to anyone involved in music education. Understanding what musical development is underpins all aspects of teaching. However it is also a complex area, and there are differing views on what musical development is and how it can be supported.

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  • Music And The Power Of Partnerships

    Collaborative working and partnership are seen as essential in music education. This book by NAME includes a wide range of articles written by musicians and teachers working in both the formal and informal sectors. They draw on their considerable experience of working with others to discuss the pitfalls as well as the joys of working collaboratively with others, and they suggest positive ways forward in the current climate.

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  • Ways Into Music - Making Every Child's Music Matter

    The starting point for this book is that everyone is musical and has the capacity to express themselves through music. People make music, engage with it, learn about it and respond to it in different ways and this diversity needs to be catered for and fostered within the educational system so that the needs of all children and young people are met and they feel fully involved with their music education.

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  • Muslim Music and Culture in the Curriculum

    Written by Robert Bunting, this booklet was originally published by Birmingham Advisory and Support Service in 2006 and we are pleased to have a limited number of copies so that it can be made available to a wider audience.

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  • No Need For Words - Special Needs in Music Education

    'No Need For Words' is designed to help teachers and others think about what they do to support all those with extra special needs, whether because of physical difficulties, learning difficulties or particularly strong aptitudes. It includes an overview of the whole state of special needs teaching and requirements, research findings and personal experiences and it puts the spotlight on lots of different practice in and out of schools, with classes and with individual children, in mainstream and in special schools of various kinds.

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  • Rites of Passage - Effective Transition and Curriculum Continuity

    This publication tackles the difficulties of ensuring a smooth transition for children from one phase to another. It is designed to help teachers of music think through the processes involved in transition, plan how best to provide excitement and ensure curriculum continuity across the phases, and use outside agencies to help children see their musical life in a broad community context.

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  • Ideas In Music Out - Technology in Music Education

    This publication is a discursive book on the place of music technology used by teachers and pupils in classrooms and instrumental lessons. It is designed to help teachers and others think through their approaches to using ICT to support their teaching in the classroom and in their individual and group instrumental teaching. It contains essays by many of the leaders in the field and case studies of how teachers have used technology to further their pupils' understanding of music. Everyone should find something in it that supports, develops or challenges their own thinking. 

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  • Bluebirds and Crows - Developing a Singing Culture


    This publication from NAME provides a collection of articles by those with deep experience in the field of vocal work with children and young people. It is a mixture of research-based study and thoughtful practical experience and provides a discursive basis for thinking about what a school imbued with a singing culture looks like. It also provides support for teachers to develop good habits for looking after their own and their children’s voices.
     


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  • How Are You Doing? Learning and Assessment in Music

    Produced by members of The East Anglian Region of NAME, this is an anthology of academic research and case studies of practical teacher observations of children at work. It provides a welcome opportunity to think in depth about the key relationships between learning, teaching and assessing children's work in music - a most insightful and thought provoking read.

    Please note this publication is currently out of print.

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  • Composing in the Classroom

    Subtitled the Creative Dream, this publication is a practical report on a broad ranging research project looking at interesting practice in the teaching of composing. It is organised to provide detailed case studies and ways of addressing and discussing all the issues teachers have to deal with in the teaching of composing such as noise, lack of space, equipment, classroom management, individual and group work as well of course as content and purpose.

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