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Resources

Allsup, R. E. & Baxter, M. (2004). Talking about music: Better questions? Better discussions!. Music Educators Journal, 91 (2), 29-33.

 

Bamberger, J. (1982). Revisiting children’s drawings of simple rhythms: A function for reflection-in-action. In S. Strauss & R. Stavy (Eds.),        U-shaped behavioral growth (191-226). New York: Academic Press.

 

Barron, B., & Darling-Hammond, L. (2008). How can we teach for meaningful learning? In L. Darling-Hammond & George Lucas      
       Educational Foundation (Eds). Powerful learning: What we know about teaching for understanding. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

 

Hickey, M. (2012). Music outside the lines: Ideas for composing in k-12 classrooms. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

 

Kaschub, M. & Smith, J. (2009). Minds on music: Composition for creative and critical thinking. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

 

Martinez, S. L. & Stager, G. S. (2013). Invent to learn: Making, tinkering, and engineering in the classroom. Torrance, CA: Constructing
       Modern Knowledge Press.

 

Rathgeber J. (n.d.). Sound+code+test. Unpublished project plan.

 

Rathgeber, J. (2013). Garageband, Audacity, and Aviary, oh my!: Technology-based composing demystified. Clinic presented for the
        Technology special area at the Illinois Music Education Conference, Peoria, IL.

 

Reimer, B. (2003). A philosophy of music education: Advancing the vision (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson.

 

Ruthmann, A. (2007). The composers’ workshop: An approach to composing in the classroom. Music Educators Journal, 93(4), 38-43.

 

Tobias, E. (2013). Comparison of curricular frameworks. The Art of Teaching Contemporary Musicians. Lecture conducted from Arizona
        State University, Tempe, AZ.

 

Wiggins, J. (1999). Teacher control and creativity. Music Educators Journal, 76(9), 22-28.

 

Wiggins, J. (2009). Teaching for musical understanding (2nd ed.). Rochester, MI: CARMU.

 

 

Additional Readings

 

Hickey, M. (Ed.). (2003). Why and how to teacher music composition: A new horizon for music education. Reston, VA: MENC

 

Paynter, J. (1970). Sound and silence: Classroom projects in creative music. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

 

Paynter, J. (1992). Sound & structure. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

 

Schafer, R. M. (1976). Creative music education: A handbook for the moderns music teacher. New York: Schirmer Books.

 

Upitis, R. (1992). Can I play you my song?: Compositions and invented notations of children. Portsmouth, NH: Heinenmann Educational
        Books, Inc.

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