Barrett, Janet Revell - Seeking Connections

This book offers elementary and secondary music teachers new practical tools to create educational experiences that engage students in exploring an expansive relationship with music. With imaginative examples drawn from diverse musical genres, visual art, poetry, and historical cases, Seeking Connections provides thoughtful principles, models, and instructional strategies to deepen students' understandings of musical works and inspire interdisciplinary inquiry.

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CONTENTS

Preface
Orienting questions
Chapter 1: Adopting an interdisciplinary perspective
Chapter 2: Interdisciplinarity from the inside out
Chapter 3: Multidimensionality as a springboard for connections: The Facets Model
Chapter 4: The musics of our time
Chapter 5: The foundations of an interdisciplinary pedagogy
Chapter 6: Triptych play
Chapter 7: Bridges of inspiration: Synergy between music and art
Chapter 8: Connecting contexts: Music and history
Chapter 9: Assessing the strength of connections
Chapter 10: The music curriculum in an interdisciplinary landscape
References